"After just four months I knew I wouldn’t be staying at Atlético"

Current Manchester United player, Radamel Falcao, managed to score 70 goals during the two seasons he was at Atlético de Madrid, before leaving for Monaco during the summer of 2013. The Colombian player in an interview with Spanish football magazine, Libero, reveals how happy he was at the Calderon and soon after arriving at the club he know his time there would be short lived, “due to economic problems the club was experiencing”.

His time at Atlético: “I knew it would be difficult to remain at the club, principally due to the difficult financial situation that the club was experiencing at the time. There was constant talk of the need to sell me at the end of the season so I was well aware of the situation. After just four months I knew my time at Atleti was to be brief...”.

In what team have you been happiest? “I’ve enjoyed playing everywhere. I’ve been happy everwhere in my life. Maybe the happiest times where shortly after arriving in Europe, at my time in both FC Porto and at Atlético Madrid. I’m very proud of everything I’ve achieved at every club that I’ve been fortunate to play for”.

If the football player in charge of his destiny?: “No, I’d say not. It makes me laugh at times when I get asked why I didn’t stay at a particular club or why I haven’t moved to another side, as if they player has a choice in the matter. I’d say back to journalists, why don’t you work at CNN or ESPN? It’s the same in football. On very few occasions can the player make the decision to move from one club or to another. There have been occasions when I’ve not been able t olive in the way I want, many times. I want to go to a particular club and in finally I end up at another”

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