Falcao is on fire already this season, scoring a hat-trick against the European champions, Chelsea, during the European Super Cup, marking his best game in an Atletico Madrid jersey
When Atletico Madrid signed him last summer from the Portuguese side, Porto, for a fee of €40m, many people thought that he was not worth it and that he was not going to have any impact at http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 Calderon.
However, contrary to the mistaken beliefs of his doubters, Falcao made an immediate impact and soon became the hit-man for his club. “I am aware that there were people who doubted me, who were not convinced I was worth what was paid.”
He played down the negative remarks from his doubters and simply contributed the whole saga to the fact that his team was not playing well.
“I had came from Portuguese football. But the murmurs were normal; the team was not playing well. It was logical.”
His immediate success at the club coupled with the fact that he was their main star didn’t assure him his long-term future at the club since Atletico Madrid were going through some stern financial difficulties.
At one time he even thought that he was going to be sold and explained, “Yes, going by what the club said, when they said it was difficult to continue without entering the Champions League”.
The dark cloud that was hovering above the club and Falcao has passed. Atletico have the admiration of their hit-man and he knows that they have also done a lot for him despite all the challenges that were being faced by them.
“The future was uncertain because of economic issues, but the club did a great effort and held onto almost the entire workforce”.
His sudden success and prolific goal-scoring ability at Atletico Madrid has caught the attention of many clubs in Europe. It even led to rumours linking him to the likes of Manchester City and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786. However, Falcao is not going anywhere now.
“I have more years on my contract.Today my reality is Atletico and I cannot think of anything else.”
Atletico Madrid is facing Viktoria Plzen in the Europa League on Thursday.
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