Jose's not just the man to revitalize Falcao's career...

Take a very close look at the stats and the number of goals "El Tigre" has scored over the years in virtually every league his found himself and you just wonder where it has all gone wrong for the Colombian striker.
He's now moved to Chelsea though after a very unsuccessful loan stint at Manchester United and surely blues boss Jose Mourinho would have his work cut out for him trying to revitalize the fading Falcao.

For Falcao anyways its not been a totally good year, from his long term Cruciate Ligament injury to his omission from the World Cup as a result of the same injury, then his unsuccessful loan spell at Manchester United an more recently a dissappointing outing at the Copa America in Chile capped off with him being benched against Argentina in the quater-final which he's Country eventually lost without a goal.
He is currently back though and has resumed training with his new teammates on tour in the United States and he'll surely be hoping to discover his usually fierce goalscoring form of some years back.
In football, Medics state that a player may heal from a Cruciate Ligament injury in 1 year but might not be up to speed after another 12 months or closer which might be one of the main reasons Falcao has really failed to leave up to his normal goalscoring standards. Comparing his injury with that of Arsenal winger Theo Walcott (cruciate ligament) who is back and firing on all cylinders it has to really do with the recovery. While theo ruled himself totally out of the World Cup at the time after the necessary check ups and medical consultations Falcao worked really hard to try push himself over the line in time to make the World Cup. He eventually did miss the World Cup but returned to action for his parent club Monaco early and you can see that its been telling on the Colombian ever since. He seems to be slower than normal even with his control failing him a lot especially last season. Well his new boss has described his situation as a case of a Confidence crisis....and that could be true or false? whichever we know there is a problem after last season's horror shows at United. There were the odd glimpses of what the real Falcao we knew could do though but those moments were greatly overshadowed by a vast amount of sub par decision making, control, positional play e.t.c. which are all definitely not hallmarks of the Colombians game.

 

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Mourinho also had the same instinct with Torres who he met at the club on his second coming to the bridge, at a time it was thought the Spanish striker would immediately receive the boot from the Portuguese but he had other plans trying to see if there was still any shade of the Old Torres left, he eventually accepted defeat though after Torres ran out of time while trying to convince the Chelsea faithful he could be the World class striker they paid a British record fee to Liverpool for and was sold to Athletico Madrid.
Another instance is the case of Schevchenko who had the same fate at Chelsea although there are conflicting stories about how much Mourinho had to do with the arrival of the Ukrainian to Stamford Bridge. Falcao might yet suffer this fate as you can see or should have already known that Jose unlike the Arsene Wenger's of this World and co. does not take "Patience" as a really strong word and it might not eventually take him too long to come to the conclusion that Falcao who was one of the World's deadliest strikers isn't just good enough anymore.
He has a chance at redemption and i feel Chelsea has a better chance of helping revive his career than at Manchester United only if they give him some time. The blues tactically under Jose like to move the ball to the strikers quickly which would righly fit the bill for the Colombian's style of play.

Also he knows he could strike a partnership with Diego Costa who he played with while at Athletico Madrid which should boost his self belief, even if he would accept his substitute status for sometime considering how Costa lit the EPL up last season until he can force his way into the team. So "El Tigre" has an amazing chance at Chelsea to save his career but if not able to it might not take too long for Jose being Jose to realize that he cannot rediscover the striker which he once was leading to him being forced out.