As Manchester United gear up for another
summer of big-spending ahead of a return to the
Champions League, they will be acutely aware
that the majority of last summer's signings have
hardly hit the ground running.
And the two headline arrivals, Angel Di Maria
and Radamel Falcao, have struggled more than
most. Di Maria, signed for a British transfer
record €82.7 million, moved to Old Trafford
having played a vital role in Real Madrid's
Champions League success in 2013-14 and
Argentina's run to last summer's World Cup
final.
There was much fanfare, too, when Falcao
rocked up in Manchester on transfer deadline
day, less than 48 hours after it had appeared he
was on his way to Madrid.
But while things looked promising in their first
handful of games, the form of each player has
tailed off dramatically.
With both earning a whopping €416,000 per
week, the following figures will make grim
reading for United's bean counters.
For Di Maria alone - considering the fee the Red
Devils promised to pay Madrid, along with the 36
weeks' worth of wages since he committed
himself to Louis van Gaal's revolution - United
have so far paid out €97.7m. If he stays at Old
Trafford for the full five years on his contract,
he will take home €108m in basic salary alone.
But it has been a complicated season for the
Argentine. He actually has 10 assists, the second
highest tally of any Premier League player, but
you get the sense that if he played with a cooller
head he would have racked up far, far more.
His appearance from the bench against Liverpool
at Anfield essentially summed up his debut
season. He played a fine ball to Juan Mata for
the Spaniard's sublime bicycle kick, and in the
final moments he made an intelligent pass to
Daley Blind, who then earned a penalty. But, in
truth, everything else he tried on that day went
to waste - ill-advised dribbles, poor touches and
overambitious passes. At one point he caught the
ball in both arms before it had even gone out of
play.
As it stands, those 10 Premier League assists
have cost United €10.4m each. He has another
one in the FA Cup, making it €8,884,128 per
assist in all competitions. A fair old chunk for
anybody's money.
The headline figure, though, is when it comes to
goals. Di Maria's four in all competitions cash in
at €24,433,000 each. In terms of league goals
alone, that figure rises to €32.5m - even if that
beautiful lob against Leicester City was worth its
weight in gold.
United have paid €3,153,146 for each of his 31
appearances in all competitions, or €4,249,109
for each of his 23 starts. Per minute, it works
out at €49,349.
He has fired off 39 shots in the Premier
League, at a mere €2,505,751 each, and 18 of
those have been on target, bringing the figure
up to €5,427,659.
The Argentine, for all his struggles, has been
creative in patches and has actually laid on 63
chances in total for team-mates, at €1,550,580
each. He has made a total of 839 passes, at
€116,407 each, of which 654 were successful
(€149,337). His probing has resulted in 164
passes into the final third (€595,396 each), and
he boasts 458 successful passes in the
opposition half ( €213,194).
His 41 successful crosses, meanwhile, have set
the club back €2,381,535 a pop.
For Falcao, the record loan signing, the figures
are just as stark. Although there was no
permanent transfer fee - he only set United back
€8.3m in the shape of an up-front loan fee - he
still commands a massive salary and to this day
he has cost the club €23,266,085.
The ailing hitman has started just 13 games,
working out at €1,789,698 each. Having not
found the back of the net since January, the
Colombian has scored just four times for United.
That, staggeringly, is €5.8m per goal.
It is no surprise really, considering his shooting
stats. His 29 efforts on goal represent
€802,306 a go, and with just 16 on target that's
€1,453,838 each. In his last 13 league
appearances, he has had a total of one shot on
target.
Unfortunately, he has hardly been a creative
force either.
In 28 total appearances, (€830,695 each), he
has set up just 18 chances in all competitions, at
a cost of €1,549,311 for every one. Having
played 1435 minutes in all competitions (€16,206
per minute), that is one chance created every 79
minutes. In three FA Cup appearances, he has
scored no goals and created no chances
whatsover - against Yeovil Town, Cambridge
United and Preston North End.
His total of 386 passes weigh in at €116,265
each, and the 330 successful passes bring that
up to €149,142. In the opposition half he has
made 236 successful passes (€98,498), and in
the final third 104 of his passes have reached
their target ( €223,516). He has four assists,
which, like his goals, also come to a remarkable
€5.8m EACH.
Combined, Falcao and Di Maria have cost
€120,796,718. That's €3,097,380 per start,
€8,056,299 per assist, and €15,105,561 per
goal.

Source:http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editorial/2015/05/14/11725562/revealed-15m-per-goal-8m-per-assist-the-true-cost-of-falcao

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