Manchester United announce the signing of Radamel Falcao on a one-year loan deal

Falcao poses with Ryan Giggs

Manchester United announced the signing of AS Monaco forward Radamel Falcao at 1:30 am BST on their Official Twitter account on a one-year loan deal with an option to buy.

BREAKING: #mufc is delighted to announce Radamel Falcao has joined on a 1-year loan from Monaco with an option to buy pic.twitter.com/gnhR4rdsmF

— Manchester United (@ManUtd) September 2, 2014

Falcao signed for in 2013 from Atletico Madrid. He scored 70 goals from 91 appearances at Atletico and 72 from 87 appearances for Porto.

The 28-year-old expressed his delight at signing for the Old Trafford based club:

I am delighted to be joining Manchester United on loan this season. Manchester United is the biggest club in the world and is clearly determined to get back to the top. I am looking forward to working with Louis van Gaal and contributing to the team’s success at this very exciting period in the club’s history.

Manager Louis van Gaal revealed he couldn’t pass up the opportunity to sign such a player:

I am delighted Radamel has joined us on loan this season. He is one of the most prolific goalscorers in the game. His appearance-to-goal ratio speaks for itself and, when a player of this calibre becomes available, it is an opportunity not to be missed.

The forward confirmed on his Twitter account that he will be wearing the vacant no. 9 shirt.

The Premier League takes a week long break for the international matches and the Colombian could be fit to play his first Premier League match against Queens Park Rangers on 14^th September. This follows the other deadline day signing the club completed - Ajax’s Daley Blind.

You can check out all confirmed deadline day deals here.