Silvano Espíndola, one of Radamel Falcao García’s agents, assured in a chat with Caracol Radio that the Colombian striker will not give up and has the dream of playing in the next World Cup.
By 2026, “El Tigre” would be 40 years old and hopes to continue competing. “Falcao dreams of playing in the next World Cup, so hold on. It can be said that there are better players or with a better present, but it is very difficult to replace the hierarchy and when you have a player like this, you need positive leaders in the groups and more so when you have youngsters as good as the ones you have or are going to leave the representative said.
Falcao has only played in one World Cup, that of 2018, because in 2014 he was injured and might not be there. In Russia he managed to leave his scoring mark with a score in the duel with Poland in the group stage.
“He eats what he has to eat, it’s 1:30 pm and he goes to sleep for an hour and a half, they are players who are going to reach 38 years of age with privileged physiques and very well cared for. Modric, has a 28-year-old physique. When Falcao is on vacation, the only irregular way out for him is to my house to eat a barbecue, ”added Espíndola.
Falcao is currently part of Rayo Vallecano, a team that this Wednesday visited Atlético Saguntino in the third division of Spain for the Copa del Rey, but did not have a great time despite being a favorite in the key, because in the ninety minutes he did not They went from a tie to zero and had to define the classification from the penalty spot.
The “Tigre” took the first penalty in favor of Rayo Vallecano and scored, thus giving confidence to his other teammates who scored the 5 goals. In the end, Saguntino didn’t have the best of luck for him and ended up missing three penalties for Rayo to advance.