How once-fearsome Falcao became feeble Falcao: Dumped into United's reserves, has the £250,000-a-week flop suffered a sharper decline than £50m Torres at Chelsea?

Even Fernando Torres wasn't relegated to the reserves. But for £250,000-per-week Radamel Falcao - perhaps the most handsomely-rewarded second-string striker in history - this was the ultimate indignity.