Chelsea have confirmed they have agreed a season-long loan deal for Monaco’s Radamel Falcao. The Colombia striker spent last season at Manchester United, where he made 29 appearances, scoring four goals. He said: “I am very happy to be joining Chelsea and can’t wait to start training and help with our aim of retaining the league title and being successful in Europe.”

Here is Falcao’s career goal stats:

• River Plate (2004-09) – 90 games, 34 goals
• Porto (2009-11) – 72 games, 62 goals
• Atletico Madrid (2011-13) – 86 games, 68 goals
• Monaco (2013-14) – 20 games, 11 goals
• Manchester United (2014-15) – 29 games, four goals