Chelsea and Real Madrid may have dodged a bullet as reports in Colombia suggest Monaco's £53million man Radamel Falcao may be two years older than his official FIFA age.
Falcao, officially 27, is regarded as one of the top strikers in the world, and the mega-rich French club fought off competition to sign him from Atletico Madrid.
But new reports in the striker's home of Colombia have uncovered documents from his primary school days making him 29 - with his birth date as February 10 1984, not the same day in 1986 as per his FIFA registration.

Fraudcao Documentation:

I saw this on macedonian site it would be fun if its true he had crappy game in the last friendly right ?

The power of third parties.

Saw it on the Monaco thread :lol:What will happen if it is proven true?

DeviAngel wrote:I saw this on macedonian site it would be fun if its true :Dhe had crappy game in the last friendly right ?

I have not followed Falcao in Monaco Devi

But will be when Ligue 1 starts!

YNWA wrote:The power of third parties. Proud

Can you expand on this point? I'm interested to know how 3rd parties can have such an effect.

Hopefully we'll discover that Giovinco is infact too young to be playing in Serie A and we'll get rid of him

In a strange way, this is good news for Monaco.  Given how he takes care of himself and the fact that his game is not based on dynamic speed, Falcao can easily carry top to good for for at least 3-4 years.  BUT, given his age, nobody is going to trigger his current release clause of 65 mil.

It's actually works out for Monaco who could really care less about the money.

Tomwin Lannister wrote:Hopefully we'll discover that Giovinco is infact too young to be playing in Serie A and we'll get rid of him

оh tom lol

That gives Matri more time Devi ffs

Also, yeah Falcao won't be playing in the CL until he's in his 30's by the looks of things LMFAO.

sportsczy wrote:In a strange way, this is good news for Monaco.  Given how he takes care of himself and the fact that his game is not based on dynamic speed, Falcao can easily carry top to good for for at least 3-4 years.  BUT, given his age, nobody is going to trigger his current release clause of 65 mil.

It's actually works out for Monaco who could really care less about the money.

That is true Sports. Inzaghi a prime example (His idol) who consistently re-worked his movement channels and adapted to modern defences in order to exploit pockets of space (and its subsequent timing) as Falcao does.

As far as I know, he is very fit and with his work-ethic should carry on past 34 as a valuable striker given his lack of reliance on his physical nature.

Arquitescu wrote:

sportsczy wrote:In a strange way, this is good news for Monaco.  Given how he takes care of himself and the fact that his game is not based on dynamic speed, Falcao can easily carry top to good for for at least 3-4 years.  BUT, given his age, nobody is going to trigger his current release clause of 65 mil.

It's actually works out for Monaco who could really care less about the money.

That is true Sports. Inzaghi a prime example (His idol) who consistently re-worked his movement channels and adapted to modern defences in order to exploit pockets of space (and its subsequent timing) as Falcao does.

As far as I know, he is very fit and with his work-ethic should carry on past 34 as a valuable striker given his lack of reliance on his physical nature.

Maybe so but there's no way that buying a player without knowing his actual age is a 'good' thing- no matter what spin you put on it, this is just sloppy.

Arquitescu wrote:

YNWA wrote:The power of third parties. Proud

Can you expand on this point? :)I'm interested to know how 3rd parties can have such an effect.

He was registered as a player for FIFA through his third party, no? They're known to lie and do whatever they can to get a player exposure to Europe to get cash out of it. It's why many teams don't actually buy directly from South America.

DeviAngel wrote:I saw this on macedonian site it would be fun if its true :Dhe had crappy game in the last friendly right ?

I read he went ballistic when Monaco lost 0:1 against 1.FC Augsburg who are not exactly world beaters in the BL

Read through this arq.

http://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1e8ncw/explaining_the_falcao_move_to_monaco/

It's an interesting read.

Luca wrote:

Arquitescu wrote:

sportsczy wrote:In a strange way, this is good news for Monaco.  Given how he takes care of himself and the fact that his game is not based on dynamic speed, Falcao can easily carry top to good for for at least 3-4 years.  BUT, given his age, nobody is going to trigger his current release clause of 65 mil.

It's actually works out for Monaco who could really care less about the money.

That is true Sports. Inzaghi a prime example (His idol) who consistently re-worked his movement channels and adapted to modern defences in order to exploit pockets of space (and its subsequent timing) as Falcao does.

As far as I know, he is very fit and with his work-ethic should carry on past 34 as a valuable striker given his lack of reliance on his physical nature.

Maybe so but there's no way that buying a player without knowing his actual age is a 'good' thing- no matter what spin you put on it, this is just sloppy.

No no Luca I do not disagree at all as its a substantial change of view when you look at one footballer, as I heavily count into ones age in accordance to his performances, hence my petulant derisons aimed at Falcao in the OP.

It is humiliating.

YNWA wrote:He was registered as a player for FIFA through his third party, no? They're known to lie and do whatever they can to get a player exposure to Europe to get cash out of it. It's why many teams don't actually buy directly from South America.

I see. Quite a complex deal, which sums up the third-party variances similar to Mkhitharyan's saga. Thanks.

Edit: Just saw your article as it provides excellent inside to further see why the Falcao saga had so many loopholes and anomalies alike. Thanks for sharing!

I'm surprised Sportz hasn't been hired for Monaco's or PSG's public relations department. He would be a wizard in that role.

There's always a silver lining behind everything.

Again my question, what will be the repercussions if this accusation is proved true?

Well Falcao came to Monaco because Monaco bought out his 3rd parties and now own him 100%. So his personal plan was to spend one season at Monaco and then likely get bought by one of the elite next summer... Monaco was a way for him to clean up all the strings that were attached to him. If this age thing is valid, then Monaco becomes a long term destination... which is actually good for Monaco and Ligue 1. I personally could care less how much money Monaco lost on resale value because of this. They can afford it