Radamel Falcao's Great-Grandfather Was An Accountant From Yorkshire

Ee By Gum! Falcao Has Yorkshire Blood

It turns out Radamel Falcao's move to Manchester United was an ancestral homecoming for the Colombia striker, whose great-grandfather was born in North Yorkshire.

The former Atlético Madrid goalscorer even applied for British citizenship when he was a young prospect, alas for the England national side the family link to George King was considered a generation too far and Falcao was denied a UK passport.

Falcao's father, Radamel Garcia revealed his grandfather was an accountant born in the village of Burn, near Selby, in an interview with the Mail.

Falcao applied for a UK passport when he was a young prospect

King left England in his mid-20s with his wife to begin a new life in South America, where he took up an accountancy post in north Colombia.

His wife tragically died during childbirth, however, and the widower re-married a Colombian named Juliana, with whom he had five children, including Denis - Falcao's grandmother.

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