RIVER PLATE: 6 March 2005, Instituto Cordoba, W 3-1 Falcao had to wait four years for his River Plate debut and his first game for the Argentine club wasn’t much to write home about. He only came on for four minutes and had little time to impress alongside the likes of Javier Mascherano and Gonzalo Higuain, but he did come into his own the following season.
In 2009 Aston Villa turned a £7 million move down for Falcao from River Plate, instead they signed Emile Heskey! pic.twitter.com/Qm9phQA0dj
— The FOOTBALL Bible (@TFBible_) March 4, 2014