OFFICIAL: Radamel Falcao completes loan move to Manchester United in transfer worth up to £20 million for 1 season..

Colombian to earn club record £265,000 a week after Louis van Gaal approves move as City and Arsenal drop out Manchester United will pay £20 million for the services of Radamel Falcao for just one year after Manchester City and Arsenal rejected the opportunity to pursue a deal for the AS Monaco forward.

Falcao landed in Manchester on Monday night ahead of a medical at United’s Aon Training Centre after the club’s executive vice-chairman, Ed Woodward, negotiated a season-long loan with a view to a £35  million permanent move for the Colombia international.

With City and Arsenal both told by Monaco and Falcao’s representatives that a deal for the 28-year- old would involve a £10 million loan fee, plus the player’s £18 million annual salary – £346,000-a-week – efforts to take the former Atlético Madrid player to the Emirates or Etihad failed to progress over the weekend. And with Real Madrid also pulling out of the race to sign Falcao, United accelerated their interest in the
striker on Saturday evening after agreeing to pay a reduced £6 million loan fee and the player’s wages, with sizeable a reduction on the tax-free salary paid by Monaco.

Although senior figures at United last night insisted they would not be paying Falcao’s Monaco salary in full, it is understood that he will exceed club captain Wayne Rooney as Old Trafford’s top earner with a wage in the region of £265,000 a week.

With United also concluding the £13.8 million signing of the Ajax midfielder Daley Blind on Monday, the capture of Falcao took the club’s summer outlay on transfer fees to £152.3 million on six players, including the £59.7  million British record signing of Ángel di María from Real Madrid. In an effort to trim Louis van Gaal’s squad on the final
day of the transfer window, following the earlier departures of 10 of last season’s first-team squad playing staff, the Mexican forward Javier Hernández completed a season-long loan move to Real Madrid. Arsenal have agreed a deal to sign England international Danny Welbeck..

Xabi Alonso heading to Manchester United

   Another day means one thing, another star is reportedly heading to Manchester United. This time Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso is the man linked with a move to Old Trafford.

Alonso, 32, has played in the Premier League before, for United’s bitter rivals Liverpool. The Spanish international left Liverpool in 2009 and won the UEFA Champions League with Real last season, while also having the 2010 World Cup and both the 2008 and 2012 European Championship titles with Spain under his belt.

Tidy on the ball and possessing a biting tackle, Alonso compliments Real’s superstars superbly as he wins the ball and distributes it to Gareth Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo and co. with minimum fuss. Could he soon be doing the same for Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie? Having Alonso sit in midfield alongside fellow Spaniards Juan Mata and Ander Herrera would be a joy to behold. He would bring the right amount of grit and determination but could also knock the ball around with Herrera and Mata in the middle to create a hub of ingenuity in Louis van Gaal’s new- look team. Earlier on in the summer van Gaal was said to be in for AC Milan midfielder Nigel de Jong but interest in the player he coached for the Dutch national team has since dwindled.

According to the Daily Express, Alonso is available to move as Real Madrid try to trim their ridiculously large squad which is at least two deep in every position. At Real he has to compete with Toni Kroos , Sami Khedira , Asier Illarramendi and Luka Modric just to get in the team. With United chasing Arturo Vidal and Kevin Strootman this summer, Alonso could be a great buy in the meantime. Vidal’s protracted move from Juventus seems to be fizzling out, while Dutch international Strootman is out inured until at least December. Plus, if United move in for Alonso it will actually scupper Arsenal and Chelsea’s plans to buy Khedira from Real. However with news arriving on Thursday that Khedira has rejected a new deal at Real Madrid, perhaps Alonso will remain in Madrid.

A few stumbling blocks could line this deal, one being Alonso’s refusal to play for United having formally been a fans favorite after starring for Liverpool in a five-year spell where he won the Champions League and numerous other trophies. However if the Spaniard fancies a return to the North West of England, a move to United would seal that. But why shouldn’t Alonso remain at Real and fight for his spot??....Share your opinion in the comment box below.