Radamel Falcao was left stunned by Louis van Gaal’s decision to drop him at the weekend.
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Radamel Falcao was left stunned by Louis van Gaal’s decision to drop him at the weekend and fears he faces an uphill struggle to persuade Manchester United to keep him at the end of the season.
United manager Van Gaal left the 28-year-old out of the 18-man squad that lost at home to Southampton and he watched the game at Old Trafford having received no explanation.
It is understood that Falcao and Van Gaal did talk at training at Carrington yesterday, with the Dutch coach telling the striker that the decision was made for tactical reasons.
However, Sportsmail understands that Falcao wonders if he will ever persuade Van Gaal to turn a one-year loan deal into a permanent £43million transfer from Monaco in the summer. Falcao has put in extra training after recovering from a calf injury and is trying to turn himself into a more rounded forward in the mould of captain Wayne Rooney.
Despite this, the Colombian believes he sometimes has to do more than others to convince Van Gaal of his worth and was bemused in late November to hear his manager say he had to get fully match-fit before he could return.
As far as Falcao was concerned, he was fit and the fact that another of Van Gaal’s summer signings, Daley Blind, went straight back in the starting line-up against Southampton after almost two months out with a knee injury has not escaped his attention.
United are paying Falcao in excess of £250,000 a week, but the former Atletico Madrid star has scored only three times this season.– Daily Mail
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