Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is confident of Radamel Falcao revival

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Mourinho is ready to unleash the revitalised Falcao at Chelsea

In an interview with ESPN-FC, Jose Mourinho has said that Radamel Falcao will return to his goalscoring best, for which he was known throughout Europe establishing himself as one of the most lethal strikers in world football. However, a string of injuries kept him out of action and in 2014 made a move to English giants, Manchester United on a season-long loan deal.

His stay at Old Trafford was forgettable marred by injuries and the Colombian striker was not able to cement his place in the starting XI behind now Fenerbahce player Robin Van Persie, Rooney and youngster Wilson who was preferred over the prolific striker. His only memorable moment was the 2-1 victory over Everton where he scored the winning goal.

Falcao made the switch from Manchester to London this transfer window to English Champions Chelsea, and their manager Mourinho still believes that the Colombian has what it takes to unleash his goalscoring prowess.

I was scared when Falcao joined Man United: Mourinho

"When he went to Man United I have to say I was a bit scared," Mourinho said in an exclusive interview with ESPN FC. "Because he's a predator in the box and a guy who does score goals all the time. He did that in every club in every league, so I was convinced he was going to do that in our league, in England."

"We had a very exhaustive analysis of his condition before we made a decision," Mourinho said. "Our doctor had real work to investigate all of that. He is not, for sure, a physical problem. So if it's not physical, we can make him score goals again."

"Falcao was in my league when he was in Portugal. We moved to Spain at the same time," Mourinho said. "When I went to Real Madrid, he went to Atletico, so we spent three years in the same league.

"Then I came to England and he came to England too. So I know obviously this player very well." he said to ESPN FC.

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Jose Mourinho believes Chelsea need to improve without making too many transfers

Chelsea need to improve: Mourinho

"The other clubs are going to improve immediately because of the top quality players they bought," the coach said.

"To improve, we have to improve ourselves. I have to be a better coach, they have to be better players, we have to have a better medical department. We must improve by ourselves,” the gaffer said.

Falcao joins former Atletico Madrid teammate Diego Costa at Stamford Bridge and Falcao is currently with Chelsea on the club's U.S. tour, having played for Colombia at the Copa America earlier this summer, where he did not find the back of the net even once. He has failed to do the same for Chelsea in two pre-season substitute appearances.

However, he did score in both penalty shootouts for Chelsea sending the keeper the wrong way on both occasions.

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