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Mark Rodden 8y

Radamel Falcao: Monaco want me back despite River Plate interest

On-loan Chelsea forward Radamel Falcao has said Monaco want him to return to the principality next season in spite of interest from his former club River Plate.

Falcao, 30, has started just one Premier League game during an injury-disrupted season, having also disappointed when he was on loan at Manchester United in the previous campaign.

Monaco had planned to cut short the Colombian international's loan deal so that he could play the second half of the campaign with the Ligue 1 side, who signed him from Atletico Madrid for a reported fee of €60 million in July 2013. 

Another injury setback put paid to that idea but Monaco vice-president Vadim Vasilyev said in January that the door was still open for Falcao to return next season. 

In an interview with Argentine TV channel TyC Sports this week, Falcao confirmed that Monaco want him back and also said that River Plate had made a late approach to re-sign him in the winter transfer window.

"In that moment, all involved, Monaco, Chelsea and myself, we had in mind to continue in Europe," said Falcao, who played for River between 2005 and 2009.

"Then in February, Chelsea told me that I was not going to be counted on as I will not be staying there for the coming seasons. At that stage, when they tried again, it was already too late to return to River."

Falcao said there has also been interest from clubs in Brazil, China and Mexico but he looks certain to return to Ligue 1 next season.

"You must understand that when a club like Monaco makes a big investment as they did with me, they want a certain return on that investment," he said.

"At the moment they want me back at the club, for me to play there, they want me for next season, so I see the chance of returning to River as being difficult, as I still have two years of my contract left. At the moment, Monaco's plan is for me to spend next season with them."

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