The Lie: I moved for "football reasons." Consider the move Radamel Falcao has just made to Manchester United: touted as a potential signing for Real Madrid, as well as Champions League sides Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal, the Colombian has now joined up with Louis Van Gaal instead. This is the same striker of course who joined Monaco, and was given a tax free weekly wage of £200k, which had less to do with the move according to the player than his desire to follow in the football steps of his idol Thierry Henry. Which is clearly why he's just snubbed Arsenal for Man Utd. Transfer windows are full of players claiming they moved for footballing reasons - Loic Remy did it when he snubbed Newcastle initially (and allegedly when he hiked his wage demands on the eve of his move to Liverpool), and Rio Ferdinand has just done it at QPR. Just don't ever mention the wages involved.
