5 star players who became successful after their flop spells in the Premier League

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Falcao has established himself as a top Ligue 1 striker since returning to Monaco

#1 Radamel Falcao

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Falcao playing for Chelsea in 2015.

In what could be described as one of the worst loan deals ever, Radamel Falcao moved to Manchester United in the 2014-15 season. And thus his woeful Premier League spell began.

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Falcao had established himself as a lethal striker at Porto and Atletico Madrid, thus the Old Trafford faithful were excited at the prospect of 'El Tigre' playing for their team.

But in a disappointing season, he scored only 4 goals in 26 games. It was then decided that his loan move won't be made permanent. Thank God for that.

But he was not done with the PL just yet and in yet another ill-fated move h joined Chelsea on loan the next season. He scored only one goal in 10 outings for the Blues.

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The two seasons he spent in the Premier League, would go on to tarnish his image as a world class striker and he went back to Monaco to redeem himself.

While back in France, he was given the captain's armband at Monaco and he would lead his team to their first Ligue 1 title in 17 years by scoring 21 league goals.

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Edited by Amar Anand
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