Radamel Falcao joined Manchester United during last summer’s transfer deadline day in what looked to be a brilliant coup for the Red Devils after getting rid of Danny Welbeck. The move has been not so bright though, and today, VAVEL takes a look at the statistical breakdown of how the Colombian has fared in his time in Manchester.
4: The number of goals Falcao has scored all season for Manchester United. They were expecting a much better output from him, but he looks a shadow of himself since suffering that devastating ACL injury last year. It is also the number of assists the Colombian has tallied this year. Not too bad for the underperforming striker.
12: The number of league games Falcao’s goalscoring drought is at currently. He last scored for Manchester United in the Barclays Premier League on January 31st against Leicester.
11: Times Falcao has been used as a substitute. That’s an astounding number of substitution appearances for the Colombian. He’s made nearly as many substitution appearances as he has starts (13 starts to 11 appearances off the bench)
265,000: The amount of pounds Radamel Falcao earns as a weekly wage according to ESPN
43,000,000: The number of pounds rumored to be the fee Monaco want from Manchester United if they were to sign him after this season according to ESPN. United paid six million pounds to Monaco for the season.
56.52: The percent of take-ons that were successfully completed by Falcao. That number is the highest Falcao has had in his last three seasons played.
6.63: The rating Falcao has received on Who Scored. His highest rating he has received was 7.25 during his time at Atletico Madrid when he was named in the Team of the Year.
26.56: The percent of aerial duels won by Falcao this season. Clearly the knee problem has hampered him since he won an astounding 45.78% of aerial duels at Atletico.
7: Clearances by Falcao this season, his highest ever. This is likely due to the poor defense of Manchester United forcing him to track back often.