£100m for Falcao's contract

AS newspaper has just reported that Atletico Madrid is preparing to extend the contract of their number 1 striker, Falcao. Besides, the Colombian star also confirmed that he does not want to leave Vicente Calderon.

Falcao is still maintaining his terrible scoring performance.

Keep Falcao at all costs

Falcao's current contract still expires in the summer of 2016, which is still quite a long time. However, the problem is that Falcao's contract release clause is only 46 million pounds. This is the price that rich guys like Chelsea or PSG are willing to meet at any time to own the world's number 1 striker at this time. If there is no move, the possibility of Atletico Madrid losing Falcao in the next winter transfer window is very high.

In that context, AS revealed that the Vicente Calderon team is soon negotiating a contract extension with Falcao for another year, until 2017. Of course, the salary of this 26-year-old star will increase significantly. But most notably, Atletico Madrid will not repeat the mistake of a year ago by increasing Falcao's contract release clause to at least double the current level, or about 100 million pounds. If Falcao agrees to sign a new contract, the above release clause will have weight with any club that wants to look at Falcao.

In fact, Atletico Madrid also received many positive signals from Falcao. In a recent interview on Spanish TV channel Punta Pelota, he said: “I am very happy at Vicente Calderon. Here, I feel the respect and affection from the board of directors, the team, and the fans. At this time, I am not thinking about leaving Atletico Madrid. Leaving has never been in my mind.”

Spanish audiences want Falcao to win the Golden Ball
Since the beginning of the new season, Falcao has maintained his incredible form. Up to now, he has scored a total of 13 goals in 9 matches for Atletico Madrid. That excellent form has helped Falcao even lead the list of candidates for the 2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or voted by readers on AS. Specifically, Falcao has 11,970 votes. Meanwhile, the person most highly rated to win is Messi (Barca) with only 10,394 votes. Third place is C. Ronaldo (Real Madrid) with 4,311 votes. In fact, Falcao has just had a very successful season when he was the main character helping Atletico Madrid win the Europa League and the European Super Cup.

However, Falcao is also very realistic when he said: "Messi and C.Ronaldo are both great players. For me, being on the list of 23 nominees is a great honor."

According to Bongdaplus - DT