Chelsea signs Radamel Falcao on season-long loan from Monaco

Another year, another loan spell for Radamel Falcao. Hopefully, a new city will help him regain some semblance of scoring ability.

Chelsea confirmed Friday what has long been rumoured, announcing the signing of the Colombian striker on a season-long loan.

Falcao, 29, is coming off a miserable stint with Manchester United, in which he found the net a mere four times in 26 Premier League appearances, leading manager Louis van Gaal to decide against making his loan deal permanent. Jose Mourinho, always looking to showcase his superiority over his peers, will be hoping the Dutchman's trash becomes his treasure.

If, somehow, the obviously declining Colombian can have more than a minuscule impact at Stamford Bridge this season, it will - at least temporarily - halt the questions about his dip in form over recent years, which was no doubt compounded by the torn ACL he suffered in January of 2014.

It remains a very big "if."

Much like Mourinho, who said last month that he thinks the striker's horrid spell at Old Trafford was an aberration, Falcao himself is eager to get to work with his new club and show the world he still remembers how to score goals at the highest level.

"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," he told the Blues' official website.

Falcao, who went goalless with Colombia at this summer's Copa America, will be reunited with former Atletico Madrid teammates Thibaut Courtois, Filipe Luis, and Diego Costa, which should help him settle quickly in west London. He will also, assuming there is no movement in the transfer window, be linked up with compatriot Juan Cuadrado.

With familiarity and a much better team supporting him, the pieces are in place for the striker to have a far better season than he did in 2014-15.

If he isn't able to be a competent contributor this season, he likely never will be.