Football Manager 2016: 10 Players Who Will Definitely Be Over-Rated

9. Radamel Falcao (Chelsea)

Radamel Falcao was a Football Manger success story. If you were lucky to discover the Columbian forward during his River Plate days then you would have enjoyed countless goals and owned a 23-year-old natural goalscorer who cost around £2 million.

Along with countless other formerly unknown FM 'finds', Falcao was welcomed by many proud nods as he finally made his move to Europe in 2009, signing for Porto for ‚3.7 million. The striker went from very good to world beater after joining Atletico Madrid in 2011 where he scored 52 goals in 68 games.

Unfortunately a big money move to Monaco in 2013 marked the beginning of the striker's demise and a subsequent loan move to Manchester United saw Falcao's form rapidly diminish. Yet, his attributes on Football Manager 15 remained the same and many gamers enjoyed the wonderful experience that Louis van Gaal would have expected to have had when he lured the Columbian to Old Trafford. Now at Chelsea it's likely that the player's heading, finishing and composure will be right up there with the best in the world despite Falcao nowadays being a long way from it.

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