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Goal-hungry ever since he was a child, Radamel Falcao has extraordinary talent but must stay fit to make his mark at United
United sign Falcao for £16m from Monaco
Strikers goal obsession will spur Manchester United
United deal secured after Real Madrid baulked at priceWhen Radamel Falcao was a child, he would watch his father toiling for a series of sides of ever-decreasing quality and it upset him. I watched my dad play in defence and it disappointed me, he said. I wanted him to go up and score a goal. Radamel García once scored a famous goal against Millonarios in Bogotá, but he was more generally known for two things: his aggression and his religious devotion. For every foul, another prayer, as the joke had it at the time. But his son didnt share the joke. His son wondered why anybody would ever settle for playing at the back.
His father, perhaps, shared a sense that football held something more than clattering opposing strikers, and hoped his son would achieve it. Although he called his son Radamel, he also gave him the middle name Falcao after the great Brazil, Internacional and Roma midfielder. Quickly, though, it became apparent that Radamel Falcao García Zárate was not much like either of the players he was named after: he was a centre-forward and a very good one.
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United sign Falcao for £16m from Monaco
Strikers goal obsession will spur Manchester United
United deal secured after Real Madrid baulked at priceWhen Radamel Falcao was a child, he would watch his father toiling for a series of sides of ever-decreasing quality and it upset him. I watched my dad play in defence and it disappointed me, he said. I wanted him to go up and score a goal. Radamel García once scored a famous goal against Millonarios in Bogotá, but he was more generally known for two things: his aggression and his religious devotion. For every foul, another prayer, as the joke had it at the time. But his son didnt share the joke. His son wondered why anybody would ever settle for playing at the back.
His father, perhaps, shared a sense that football held something more than clattering opposing strikers, and hoped his son would achieve it. Although he called his son Radamel, he also gave him the middle name Falcao after the great Brazil, Internacional and Roma midfielder. Quickly, though, it became apparent that Radamel Falcao García Zárate was not much like either of the players he was named after: he was a centre-forward and a very good one.
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