It was for a long time the first choice. In fact, David Beckham himself mentioned it on a visit to Bogota. It seemed that the paths of the Colombian and Inter Miami were destined to cross, but suddenly the interest faded. What happened?
Several things: the big problems of a team that does not start in MLS, the pandemic and its consequent economic crisis, the frequent injuries of the Colombian, all together and adempas three priorities on the agenda of the ‘BeckBoy’ who are not in Turkey but in the Premier League.
Inter Miami no longer target Falcao because the plan is to give him a one hundred percent British touch, starting with the coach, who would be an old friend of the boss: Phil Neville. Fergusson’s successful Manchester United team-mates would already have a full deal for the Englishman’s move, which would come not only with his family but with two very important signings: Jonas Lossl, of Everton, and , attentive, a creative steering wheel.
Neville would be determined to finish a nearly three-year stint at the helm of the England women’s team and Beckham is delighted to learn that he is interested in replacing Diego Alonso, the recently sacked DT.
Once the new DT is secured, the next step is to bet on an archer, who would be Lossl, who is fed up with seeing Olsen positioned as Ancelotti’s second goalkeeper at Everton, behind Pickford. According to the Miami Herald, the player needs competition to aim for a Euro with the Danish national team and is eager to sign as soon as possible.
And here comes a surprise, which was a priority for Beckham but which faded in the last few hours. The Briton wanted Mesut Ozil, but the German preferred to go to Fenerbahçe after ending his contract at Arsenal, where he left as badly as possible.
Ozil had previously been linked with DC United and LA Galaxy and it was said that the United States was a very attractive trading platform for him, but the offer did not crystallize and the player preferred to return to his home country. ancestry, where he will be received as a true idol.
The fall of this operation opens a door, difficult but leads to the end, for Falcao, although it must be acknowledged that Inter Miami would prefer a goal scorer at a better time, even a name like Sergio Aguero, before the Samaritan.
What is certain is that the priority, rather than a goal scorer, is a game creator, which is actually needed for a Higuain who would be the finisher. According to The Sun newspaper, which had Ozil but will no longer be there, this could be a typical lineup for the MLS team with reinforcements included:
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Place for Falcao? It doesn’t seem that way. He is not only a senior player (almost 35 years old) but has been suffering for a year and a half from a series of injuries that have marginalized him in Galatasaray and that have made him an expensive luxury that, according to media Turks, there is an urgency to detach.
He plays against his high salary (close to 5 million euros per season) and, last but not least, a very bad memory in his time in the Premier League, Chelsea and Manchester Untied, teams he came to drag also physical problems and being considered one of the great disappointments of recent years. If Beckham is looking at his country to find solutions to his poor sports start in the MLS, certainly this precedent does not help the Colombian at all.
Falcao was talked about just under a year ago in Miami and photos were even circulating with his name on the Inter Miami shirt. But if the versions are true, this no longer seems to be a destination. Nor did Portland, where in the last hours they ruled it out. Where will ‘El Tigre’ go hunting? The options, in the midst of the pandemic, do not seem to be as many as he and Galatasaray would have liked.