Falcao
I guess its the end of any thoughts on signing this guy then!
Manchester City and Chelsea could be beaten to the signature of Radamel Falcao by the biggest spenders of them all.
Russian club Anzhi, who are currently paying Samuel Eto’o in excess of £300,000 a week, are reportedly willing to pay Atletico Madrid close to their €75million buyout price for the striker.
Portuguese newspaper A’Bola claims Anzhi are ready to offer around €63m, just over £53m, for the Columbian forward in a bid to gazump their rivals for his signature in England.
Falcao only joined Atletico last season but he scored 21 goals in 34 league games and hit another 12 times in 15 games on the way to Europa League glory.
That form has drawn the attention of a number of Europe’s biggest sides and now the Russian club, funded by billionaire Suleyman Kerimov, have entered the race.