I was deemed as too expensive for Aston Villa - who settled for Wayne Routledge instead.
Radamel Falcao may have played for Manchester United and Chelsea - but it's Aston Villa who failed to snap him up first.
His three hat-tricks in the Europa League is also a joint-high, while he is the only player to have scored a hat-trick in the UEFA Super Cup.I was City's 'most exciting signing' - but hold two unwanted records for worst PL debutat the time were fighting for a place in the Champions League and a first top-four spot since the 1995/96 season., Falcao was the man identified as the player to help the Midlands outfit secure a place in Europe's premier competition.
And unlike the present Villa who have acted fast to sign a forward after selling Jhon Duran, Villa's dithering over the Falcao transfer saw them miss out on former target Defoe, who had been sold to Portsmouth.Alex Crook explains Jhon Duran to Chelsea and João Félix to Aston Villa transfer links
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