The 28-year-old Colombian has yet to agree personal terms but that is expected to be a formality and he is believed to be on his way to Manchester in a private jet.
The potent striker was expected to join Manchester City while Arsenal also entered the race late last week. But United moved for him amid fears of persistent niggling injuries to Robin van Persie and will offset Falcao’s arrival by selling Danny Welbeck on deadline day while Javier Hernandez has joined Real Madrid.
Indeed, Madrid were frontrunners for Falcao and the player himself posted – and later deleted – a tweet on Saturday appearing to confirm the move.
But the Spanish giants, who sold Di Maria to United last week, instead opted to sign Hernandez who had struggled to force his way into Van Gaal’s plans. After completing his move, Falcao will join up with his national team ahead of their friendly against Brazil in Miami on Friday night.
The clash will be a repeat of the World Cup quarter-final which Brazil won 2-1 although Falcao missed the tournament through injury. United’s poor start to the Premier League season continued on Saturday when they drew 0-0 with new boys Burnley at Turf Moore. The stalemate highlighted Van Gaal’s problems up front with his side having scored just two goals in their opening three games.
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