Photo: Chelsea stars welcome Radamel Falcao to training

Radamel Falcao has been given a public welcome by his new Chelsea team-mates after the Colombia international linked up with his club for the the first time on Thursday.

The striker was all smiles as he posed for a picture with Willian and Juan Cuadrado in the dressing room following his arrival on the west London club’s pre-season tour of North America.

Falcao, who failed to find consistent form while on loan to Manchester United last season, trained with his new team-mates on Thursday following his loan move to the Stamford Bridge outfit.

Cuadrado posted the picture above on his Instagram account on Thursday afternoon and wrote:

Feliz de unirme al equipo y empezar a trabajar con mis nuevos compañeros de equipo en @chelseafc . Happy to join the team and start working with my new teammates at @chelseafc.

A photo posted by Falcao (@falcao) on Jul 23, 2015 at 6:57am PDT

Falcao will linked up with his former Atletico Madrid team-mates Thibaut Courtois and Filipe Luis at Stamford Bridge.

The striker memorably scored a hat-trick against Chelsea in a 4-1 victory over the then-Champions League holders in the Uefa Super Cup in Monaco back in 2012.

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Falcao scored 52 times in 68 La Liga games before his move to Monaco in 2013.