The Colombian striker arrived in Manchester yesterday to sign the deal in a private jet
Even by the madness of football salaries, it is a staggering sum of money.
Little-known
even to fans of his new club until yesterday, Colombia’s Radamel Falcao
last night became the highest-paid player in English football after
joining Manchester United on loan.
And
his eye-watering salary, understood to be at least £300,000-a-week, is
also likely to mean a new bonanza for the city’s shopping boutiques
thanks to big-spending Coleen Rooney – as her husband Wayne is said to
be in for a pay rise to match it.
Falcao, 28, and
his glamorous Argentinian singer wife Lorelei Taron, 26, were pictured
enjoying the beaches of Miami back in June
Arsenal fan Piers Morgan tweeted: ‘When United told Falcao they were in Europe, did he realise they meant only geographically?’
Cross-town
rivals Manchester City had been favourites to land his services, while
only on Saturday Falcao himself posted - and later deleted - a tweet
appearing to confirm a move to Real Madrid, underlining the ferocious
negotiations going on behind the scenes.
Even
based on a conservative estimate of £300,000 a week, his earnings break
down as £42,857 a day, £1,785 an hour or £29 a minute.
Fellow
new recruit Angel di Maria, who signed last week from Real Madrid for a
British record £59.7m, is understood to be taking home only marginally
less, at £280,000-a-week.
By
comparison, the players generally regarded as the finest in the world,
Argentina’s Lionel Messi and Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo, who both play
in Spain, are understood to be paid £292,000 and £288,000-a week
respectively.
Daily Mail
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