MANCHESTER UNITED COULD regret not signing Radamel Falcao this summer because he will re-discover his scoring touch at Old Trafford or elsewhere next season, according to former star forward Andy Cole.
Falcao has scored just six goals in 28 matches in all competitions since arriving at United on a lucrative one-year loan from Monaco last summer, failing to establish himself as a regular starter under Louis van Gaal.
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Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal (right) and Radamel Falcao. Dave Thompson
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The Colombian has not looked the same since suffering the serious knee injury that ruled him out of last summer’s World Cup in Brazil and it appears highly unlikely that United will exercise their £43.5 million option to sign him permanently.
But Cole, who scored 121 goals during a six-year spell at Old Trafford, believes great goalscorers never lose their natural ability to find the net.
“I don’t know whether United will keep him. The powers that be are considering it,” Cole told reporters. ”If he doesn’t stay here next year and he goes somewhere else, he will score goals.
“You don’t stop scoring goals because you have an injury or whatever. It might take a little bit longer to recover from the injury but once you get injured it doesn’t mean you stop.
“He will score goals wherever. If he doesn’t stay here he will definitely do that.”
Do you think Manchester United should make Falcao’s move permanent?
Manchester United could regret not signing Falcao, says Andy Cole
MANCHESTER UNITED COULD regret not signing Radamel Falcao this summer because he will re-discover his scoring touch at Old Trafford or elsewhere next season, according to former star forward Andy Cole.
Falcao has scored just six goals in 28 matches in all competitions since arriving at United on a lucrative one-year loan from Monaco last summer, failing to establish himself as a regular starter under Louis van Gaal.
The Colombian has not looked the same since suffering the serious knee injury that ruled him out of last summer’s World Cup in Brazil and it appears highly unlikely that United will exercise their £43.5 million option to sign him permanently.
But Cole, who scored 121 goals during a six-year spell at Old Trafford, believes great goalscorers never lose their natural ability to find the net.
“I don’t know whether United will keep him. The powers that be are considering it,” Cole told reporters. ”If he doesn’t stay here next year and he goes somewhere else, he will score goals.
“You don’t stop scoring goals because you have an injury or whatever. It might take a little bit longer to recover from the injury but once you get injured it doesn’t mean you stop.
“He will score goals wherever. If he doesn’t stay here he will definitely do that.”
Do you think Manchester United should make Falcao’s move permanent?
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