3) Falcao loan
However you look at this, this move does not make sense. Based on last season’s awful form on loan at Manchester United, Radamel Falcao is well past his peak after a bad injury cut short his first season at AS Monaco the year before, scoring just four goals and looking badly off the pace in the Premier League. If expected to be first choice, then Falcao simply isn’t good enough and the club must aim higher, but even if only brought in as a backup, the Colombian’s arrival does not solve the issue mentioned on the previous page – how do Chelsea cope when Costa misses large chunks of the season through injury?