Popular Post Vancvillan Posted Thursday at 05:41 Popular Post Share Posted Thursday at 05:41 7 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: He could solve all of our PSR problems in 1 hit. Game's gone. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPower_14 Posted Thursday at 06:00 Share Posted Thursday at 06:00 6 hours ago, Zatman said: He is such a unique player that you cant think of a similar style of maverick player. You can tell he is a street player We are in possession of a unique talent In terms of the brash personality, supreme self belief and otherworldly finishing, he reminds me of Ibrahimovic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPower_14 Posted Thursday at 06:03 Share Posted Thursday at 06:03 28 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: He could solve all of our PSR problems in 1 hit. It's a bit sick to think about but in the modern era, you have to. Top notch piece of scouting this, he's probably quadrupled in value. We're insulated in case either he or Watkins decide to move on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeroy Posted Thursday at 06:04 Share Posted Thursday at 06:04 As much as I love Ollie and think he suits us perfectly, I’d very, very reluctantly consider selling him over Duran. Ollie will be 29 in a few months, he’s 8 years older than Duran and his pace will probably start to decline in the next 2 years or so. Duran is still unreliable when he starts games, I get that, he’s yet to show he fits our system like Ollie does. But that will come and I personally think in 3 years he’ll be as prolific as Haaland as a regular starter. He’s got all the attributes to do that, if his big ego doesn’t get the better. Make no bones about it, if we sold Duran tomorrow it would to one of the biggest clubs in Europe. West Ham wouldn’t stand a chance now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted Thursday at 06:16 Share Posted Thursday at 06:16 42 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: He could solve all of our PSR problems in 1 hit. I think it's more likely than less next summer. Big fat £85m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted Thursday at 06:31 Share Posted Thursday at 06:31 14 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: I think it's more likely than less next summer. Big fat £85m. + vat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted Thursday at 06:35 Share Posted Thursday at 06:35 29 minutes ago, Leeroy said: As much as I love Ollie and think he suits us perfectly, I’d very, very reluctantly consider selling him over Duran. Ollie will be 29 in a few months, he’s 8 years older than Duran and his pace will probably start to decline in the next 2 years or so. Duran is still unreliable when he starts games, I get that, he’s yet to show he fits our system like Ollie does. But that will come and I personally think in 3 years he’ll be as prolific as Haaland as a regular starter. He’s got all the attributes to do that, if his big ego doesn’t get the better. Make no bones about it, if we sold Duran tomorrow it would to one of the biggest clubs in Europe. West Ham wouldn’t stand a chance now. This is, and will be, something on the clubs mind. I wouldn’t sell either in a perfect world, but if Duran continues to impress and starts to affect games from the START of a match, it’s a nice problem to have. We’re a well run club now. Taking £60m for Watkins over £85m for Duran (insert your own made up numbers here) would be a brave bit of business but you keep value in the squad and keep the average age down. Personally, I still prefer Watkins but you simply can’t deny Duran much longer. He is inevitable. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jbvilla909 Posted Thursday at 06:50 Share Posted Thursday at 06:50 Remember last summer? No, me neither. Every goal he scores is a worldie. Special player. Special night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanCrablo24 Posted Thursday at 06:53 Share Posted Thursday at 06:53 Welcome to the Jhon Duran era! It’s his world and we are all just living in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted Thursday at 06:55 Share Posted Thursday at 06:55 The agent of chaos. Goals out of nothing are his trademark. However, his all round game has to improve. Ollie first half was superb, a menace to their defence. Duran at the moment is a perfect player to bring on against a tiring defence. Until he can be a consistent thorn in a defence's side he won't get a start ahead of Ollie. And I know he has to have a run of games to show he can. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted Thursday at 07:15 Share Posted Thursday at 07:15 6 hours ago, NurembergVillan said: Yeboah? Drogba? Di Canio? All three in one?! Was thinking a bit of Adriano with the left foot but my point was more of a throwback to older players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oishiiniku_uk Posted Thursday at 07:22 Share Posted Thursday at 07:22 What a supreme talent we have here! Kinda crazy that a fair few people were suggesting we should keep Archer and sell Duran in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted Thursday at 07:28 Share Posted Thursday at 07:28 The talent and audacity of that lob makes it one of the great CL goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted Thursday at 07:34 Share Posted Thursday at 07:34 His price just went up from 80m to 100m+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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juteface Posted Thursday at 07:47 Share Posted Thursday at 07:47 1 hour ago, Tomaszk said: I think it's more likely than less next summer. Big fat £85m. Deposit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted Thursday at 07:55 Share Posted Thursday at 07:55 Giving him the 9 shirt is up there with managerial masterstrokes as Deano putting his arm around Jack and making him captain. Totally changed their trajectories. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted Thursday at 08:00 Share Posted Thursday at 08:00 8 hours ago, rjw63 said: Hats off to Villa’s scouting department, I bet most teams had never heard of him. Got lucky! I'm sure I read they went to watch somebody else (I think a keeper?) but whilst they were there Duran caught their eye 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted Thursday at 08:03 Share Posted Thursday at 08:03 6 minutes ago, The_Steve said: Giving him the 9 shirt is up there with managerial masterstrokes as Deano putting his arm around Jack and making him captain. Totally changed their trajectories. Hadn't thought of that. I suppose it probably satisfied his need to be the main man, albeit in a slightly illusory way - but perhaps that's how you communicate with Big Jhon, in the dreamworld. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted Thursday at 08:25 Share Posted Thursday at 08:25 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Jareth said: Hadn't thought of that. I suppose it probably satisfied his need to be the main man, albeit in a slightly illusory way - but perhaps that's how you communicate with Big Jhon, in the dreamworld. Four years ago he was playing in the Colombian league when 16, he signed for Chicago Fire when 17. Moving to the Prem at 19 was a major cultural and financial change. He’s in need of guidance and a father figure and Unai is giving him that. He’s still so young. And can only improve and this is the best place for him. I don’t know what the future holds but I am absolutely glad that Monchi and co stuck to their guns over his valuation. Edited Thursday at 08:29 by The_Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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