Man Utd agree to sign Falcao on loan 1 September 2014Updated 09:39 GMT By Simon Stone - BBC Sport Manchester United have agreed to sign Colombia striker Radamel Falcao on loan from Monaco, subject to a medical. The 28-year-old has been linked throughout the summer with a move away from the French Ligue 1 side, who he joined for £50m in May 2013. Falcao has scored 11 goals in 20 appearances for Monaco. Louis van Gaals side, like most of Europes top clubs, had been made aware of Falcaos availability over the past 48 hours. Uniteds Premier League rivals Manchester City opted against pursuing a deal as they could not make space in their squad for the Colombian. Falcao had also been linked with Arsenal, as well as Italian champions Juventus and Spanish side Real Madrid. Rumours of a move to European champions Real gathered pace on Saturday when a comment on his official Twitter account, which was later deleted, read: Dream come true #halamadrid. Radamel Falcao has made three appearances for Monaco in Ligue 1 this season, scoring twice In a later post Falcao indicated the first tweet was fake, saying: I have to refute a story about a tweet I have not done and that is a photo montage. Speculation over his future grew when he was dropped from Monacos squad shortly before Saturdays draw against Lille, after being expected to start. Falcao has made three appearances in Ligue 1 this season, after returning from anterior cruciate ligament damage he sustained in January, which kept him out of this summers World Cup. He will become Manchester United boss Louis van Gaals fifth summer signing, after defenders Luke Shaw, Marcos Rojo, midfielder Ander Herrera, and forward Angel Di Maria. Netherlands international Daley Blind is also close to joining the club after a £13.8m fee was agreedwith Ajax for the defender. United have made a poor start to the Premier League season, collecting two points from three games, and scoring only twice.m.bbc/sport/football/29011493
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 09:57:15 +0000