villaslash Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Exciting! Used to follow Chicago Fire quite a bit and actually saw Villa play the Fire in 2012. I remember as I saw Stephen Ireland actually make a good pass and Gabby scored. Welcome Jhon! (Also a childhood fan of the band) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 3 minutes ago, ferguson1 said: Apologies for the daft question but would he speak Spanish? I always assume most South American people can? Spanish is the most common language in South America. But there are country like Brazil who speak Portugese or French Guiana who speak French, Suriname speak Dutch etc.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBOB Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Welcome Jhon! Lazy comparison but can't help but can see a young Benteke with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DaveAV1 Posted January 16, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2023 29 minutes ago, birdman said: U ok hon? Dhon’t ask. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo71 Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Hopefully not Feet of Stone. Welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 9 minutes ago, WHY said: Fans assume because it’s the MLS they should score loads of goals. You have to remember most of the other players they play with will be league one/bottom half of the Championship players at best. Almiron’s best season in the MLS was 12 goals in 32 games and had far more experience than this kid. But you have to also remember the defenders and goalkeeper he’s playing against are also lower Championship/L1 level so coming to us is a massive step up but he’s young and sounds like a good loan for him out for second half of the season and see what the kid has over the next 18 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Three years ago we signed Samatta for £8.5m. Heck of a contrast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody1000 Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 I can’t lie to you guys, I really don't know very much about this Jhon Durán, having watched very little of him play. However what i do know is that he is the greatest footballer in Colombian history, he's scoring 30 goals next season, winning player of the year and he's taking us to the Champions League! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 (edited) Not quite the Carlton Banks happy dance but it will do. Edited January 16, 2023 by sne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 14 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: Well my attempt to do a bit of digging in how supporters see him took me straight to a forum dedicated to the trials and tribulations of NBC’s hit long running show “Chicago Fire”. Can’t tell you much about Durán but I can tell you that the firefighters are preparing for their semi annual firehouse inspection, someone called Brett will fight to save her paramedicine program. Commander Martin Pearce is also going to ask Severide for a favour. Brett was hot! I remember watching that and she was good looking! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Out of interest, which journalist/twitter account first linked us to Duran a few weeks ago? I'm sure @messi11 must know! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 15 minutes ago, Sulberto21 said: Eighty twenty billion pounds! We still will have spent less than Chelsea if we had spent that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted January 16, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 16, 2023 15 minutes ago, CVByrne said: Do we have any idea how much this cost? 14 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: £15m rising to £23m are the numbers being mentioned. Also reading a lot of $18m rising to $22m, which would be about £18m in total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 9 minutes ago, nick76 said: Well it’ll be interesting to see what we do with him, the guy on sky thinks we’ll send him out on loan straight away and he’s watched him a lot. If that’s the case then he’s not ready for our first team squad. Can’t argue that some of his video clips he looked poor and some he looked great but at 19 you expect that. Seems he’s one for the future and not now. Now he’s with us, I hope he’s the new Benteke in a few years time. Just interested now if we keep him around or send him out on loan. Depends on Ollie’s injury I suppose? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 47 minutes ago, Osirus said: Cor he’s a big fella 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted January 16, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2023 (edited) Lifted: From an account that watches MLS: 'At times the MLS has looked too easy for Durán. His size/mobility are often too much for their defenders. He has decent pace & a powerful shot (which he likes to try from distance). Early days. Need to see how he transitions but he has the tools. I would expect him to be an impact sub for a good few months (depending on how that goes). He will need time to adjust & improve. And it is important that Villa have a plan for him (minutes). He should suit the way Emery wants Villa to play. Him & Watkins would be a real handful.' https://www.facebook.com/groups/131653430526891/permalink/1863169100708640/?mibextid=Nif5oz Edited January 16, 2023 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Just now, gwi1890 said: Depends on Ollie’s injury I suppose? and other transfer activity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 (edited) not 33 years old on 180k wages, no bueno. so, will he be the next Benteke, or the next Wesley? Edited January 16, 2023 by MaVilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Welcome Jhon! Here's hoping he's hungry... Like the wolf 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dounavilla Posted January 16, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2023 59 minutes ago, obanken said: Welcome! I only have one request, that nobody writes Colombia with “u” (Columbia), does my head in! Only an idiot would spell Culombia incorrectly. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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