http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Radamel-Falcao-c30276 on the verge of a move to Atletico Madrid – Portuguese Primeira Liga News
FC Porto’s star striker Radamel Falcao is believed to be on the verge of a move to Atletico Madrid, with the player’s agent, Jorge Mendes, negotiating with both parties for a big-money switch for his client.
Falcao has been long linked with a transfer to the Vicente Calderon as a replacement for Sergio Aguero and it looks that the transfer saga maybe coming to a close soon.
Aguero completed a €35.6 million switch to Manchester City recently and has left his club searching for a quality replacement.
The Mattress Makers have been in the market searching for a high profile forward and have identified the Columbian as the best possible choice under the current circumstances.
Although the Madrid outfit received a hefty sum following the Argentine’s transfer to Eastlands, they have been unwilling to spend all of it on buying a suitable attacker.
Atletico reportedly made a €35 million bid for Falcao earlier, but it was rejected by Porto, who deemed it far lower than their valuation of the highly-rated goal-poacher. The Portistas convinced their star man to pen a new contract at the helm and the deal
took the buyout clause of the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/River-Plate-c40368 man to a whopping €45 million.
With the price-tag seemingly out of their reach, Los Colchoneros allegedly agreed to add the services of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Eduardo-Salvio-c12079 as a make-weight in the deal and looked to table a fresh offer for Falcao.
However, their hopes were dashed, as Salvio revealed that while he would be delighted to see the Dragao front man at Atletico, he would not be willing to act as a bargaining chip to secure his services.
"I would really like Falcao to come, but I do not want to be a bargaining chip," the former Lanus man was quoted saying.
Despite the setback, Los Rojiblancos are thought to be close to sealing the deal for the striker and all that remains in the "total agreement" is the confirmation of FC Porto president http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Costa-c9458, who recently denied that Radamel Falcao was on his
way out of Estadio do Dragao.
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