hopening fulfilled the objective of remaining in the first division of Spain with Rayo VallecanoIn addition to confirming that he did not extend the contract after 3 seasons, Radamel Falcao García will be free from next July. And just like He has the dream of returning to the Colombian National Teamalso referred to that well-known desire to be able to play in Millonarios to close his career.
However, He was in charge of casting doubt on that possibility, since in December 2023 he gave an interview and explained that it would be difficult to do so due to family issues and the situation in Colombia, just after the kidnapping and release of Luis Díaz’s father on the northern Colombian coast:
The Millionaires thing was talked about at the time, the conditions were not met. You have to see the situation in the country at this moment, a little complex, seeing what happened to Luis, there are negative things that make him think and stop… Insecurity has been noted in Colombia. Having a close companion who experiences that situation is very cruel… They are issues that one has to weigh and put on the balance; family and children
Falcao Reopens the Door to play in Millonarios
In a interview given by Colombian ‘el Tigre’ to journalist Gerardo Lemos from CNN en EspañolApart from referring to his return to the Colombian National Team, he also spoke about several issues closer to his life in Colombia and Argentina. Giving an exciting statement about his father, Radamel García:
My dad was, until the day he died, accompanying me, always very attentive. Still, from a distance, very close and aware of how he was and how I felt. It was that support that I had and that grounding cable in terms of sports. He lived what I lived, I knew that he was suffering at certain moments, he was that guide and the one who guided me to know how to manage many of the experiences that I faced in football
And remembering that his father was a professional soccer player and his first mentor, ‘el Tigre’ highlighted everything he learned with him: “Having gone through all that, he helped me a lot to be able to identify, describe and know how to manage. From a very early age he was the first coach I had. He was the one who corrected me, helped me, demanded of me and transmitted to me the ethics of a professional. of football. From a very early age, from what he told me and from what I saw, I acquired it for myself.”.
What did Falcao say about River Plate and Millonarios?
Although Falcao came to Bogotá to try out for Millonarios when he was a teenager, the coach who was on the professional team did not take it into account and that is why he emigrated to Argentina to try out for River Plate. There yes They gave him the opportunity and this is how the historic scorer of the Colombian National Team remembers it:
River means a lot to me, when I arrived, I was so excited, I arrived at 6 in the morning at the Buenos Aires airport. I did the test with the River reservethey trained at 9 in the morning and Néstor Cívori, who was the one who took me, told me: ‘I’ll take you to the hotel so you can rest.’ And I told him: ‘I want to go to train, once and for all’, I didn’t want to waste a day of training and I went straight from the airport, they saw me and, immediately, they liked me and realized that I had quality
From that moment in which he left Colombia to try his luck in Argentina, more than 20 years have passed, which is why It seems that the dream of playing in Millonarios is now or never. That was what the Colombian journalist asked in the interview and the door that seemed closed was opened:
I don’t know, let’s see. There are 2 loves, in Colombia I never played and in Millonarios I didn’t have the opportunity, it is something that is missing. Let’s see, let’s see (laughs)
Millionaires fans debate the repeated illusion of having Falcao
But this is not the first time that ‘El Tigre’ talks about the fact that he could join the blue team of Bogotá, Every now and then the version is repeated and each transfer market the illusion is renewed, and then turn into frustration. For this reason, it seems that there is no longer unanimity that the Samario scorer arrives, some even claim that it is a strategy to cover up the failures of the first half of 2024, since It was a failure when they were eliminated from the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana:
Well, just as Falcao García left the option open again, this mid-year transfer market could be that of bombshell for the great idol to play for the first time in the first category of Colombia or the final chapter of a story that could not be.
