Jhon Durán

[AV84]

Forest have been really good this season, we need to prepare for them as the top5 side they currently are. We win this and we're in the CL spots and give ourselves a tiny little bit of a cushion over those below us, maybe more depending on other results. For me that's starting with Watkins, if he's fit.

[Chip Butty 111]

Don't forget his 2 disallowed goals in the CL, Young Boys and Leipzig, both great finishes. Other clubs will be prepared to pay big money for him, he is grabbing the headlines in the CL. How many other teams have a substitute CF of his quality? Watching him and Rogers develop in this side together is superb, both great young talents being developed by Unai.

[Percy McCarthy]

Duran is just nuts isn't he? In a good way, obvs, but, well, he's fucking nuts.

That goal tonight, I didn't just cheer when it went in, I burst out laughing, because you just have to.

I’ve celebrated a couple of his like that I think. I definitely laughed when he scored that one at Young Boys. Such a shame it was disallowed. And then there was the Everton one, when you could hear that the crowd screamed something other than ‘yes’ like they normally do. It was the sound of nearly 40,000 people witnessing something they couldn’t quite believe.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Tomorrow he celebrates his 21st birthday.
At that age Ollie Watkins had just established himself in the Exeter City 1st team.
At that age Peter Withe had played 3 times for Southport and once for Barrow.
If he listens to good advice and sticks with Unai Emery, anything is possible.

[stevo_st]

He’ll be the next player we sell for +£100m

[Dave]

Tomorrow he celebrates his 21st birthday.
At that age Ollie Watkins had just established himself in the Exeter City 1st team.
At that age Peter Withe had played 3 times for Southport and once for Barrow.
If he listens to good advice and sticks with Unai Emery, anything is possible.

Still blows my mind that broad consensus over the summer was that he wasn't worth persevering with and that we should have binned him out.

[aj2k77]

He'll be leading our line next season.

[Somniloquism]

Tomorrow he celebrates his 21st birthday.
At that age Ollie Watkins had just established himself in the Exeter City 1st team.
At that age Peter Withe had played 3 times for Southport and once for Barrow.
If he listens to good advice and sticks with Unai Emery, anything is possible.

Still blows my mind that broad consensus over the summer was that he wasn't worth persevering with and that we should have binned him out.

It did me, but most of that opinion seemed to be after the apparent West Ham sign on his insta so I suspect most of those views came after that. Although I felt the same (mind blown) with Diaby having dogs abuse after the transfer destination was announced.

[Risso]

Tomorrow he celebrates his 21st birthday.
At that age Ollie Watkins had just established himself in the Exeter City 1st team.
At that age Peter Withe had played 3 times for Southport and once for Barrow.
If he listens to good advice and sticks with Unai Emery, anything is possible.

Still blows my mind that broad consensus over the summer was that he wasn't worth persevering with and that we should have binned him out.

But as with Diaby, it was the club who were prepared to sell him if the price was right. And that price didn't seem that high. £40m cash was what Villa and Chelsea were close to, until Chelsea didn't continue. Then West Ham offered £30m plus that young lad whose name I can't remember, which Villa rejected.

[Dave]

Tomorrow he celebrates his 21st birthday.
At that age Ollie Watkins had just established himself in the Exeter City 1st team.
At that age Peter Withe had played 3 times for Southport and once for Barrow.
If he listens to good advice and sticks with Unai Emery, anything is possible.

Still blows my mind that broad consensus over the summer was that he wasn't worth persevering with and that we should have binned him out.

But as with Diaby, it was the club who were prepared to sell him if the price was right. And that price didn't seem that high. £40m cash was what Villa and Chelsea were close to, until Chelsea didn't continue. Then West Ham offered £30m plus that young lad whose name I can't remember, which Villa rejected.

Any club is prepared to sell any player if the price is right. But my memory of early August is this thread basically being "why are we haggling over an extra few million, get him out, take the money and run".

Which seemed out of kilter with his obvious talent.

[Risso]

Well when you've got a player with a reputation for being a bit of pain to deal with internally, who then likes lots of Chelsea's social media accounts, and is then filmed making the West Ham sign with his arms, AND the money is rumoured to be earmarked for a player people have heard of like Felix, then I don't think it's really surprising that a) the club were prepared to do it, and b) people were prepared to accept it.

[Chip Butty 111]

I think we need to prepare ourselves for some properly big offers coming in for him. I can't remember a substitute getting so much media coverage, but this season he has been outrageous. The Leipzig goalie was 4 yards off his line and Duran made him look a mug with the bend/pace/dip on the shot, from 30yds. Everyone criticised the keeper but for me it was a great strike.

[AV84]

In his few starts has he shown he's worth £100million? I think there's still an element of the unknown about him in that respect. A club shelling out that much for someone who is undoubtedly talented but still has some question marks would be a bit of a risk, I think. If they just wanted to build a team around him, then maybe, but I'd still question how he fits into an already established squad. I don't doubt people will be interested, I'm just not sure they'll be offering as much as some here think they should.

[Risso]

He finally seems to have grown up a bit and realises what side his bread is buttered, and of course he's signed a new contract. Lots of clubs might want him, but think now that very few will be able to afford him. And if they can, it's going to cost them a large amount of Grealish-type money.

[Dave]

In his few starts has he shown he's worth £100million? I think there's still an element of the unknown about him in that respect.

The same is true as it was at the end of last season, but even more so - is there any striker in the world who is doing what he is doing at such a young age? At the end of the season he'll be the same age as Hojlund was when Man Utd spent £70m on him, off the strength of a one-in-three record in Austria and Italy. Duran's basically a one-in-two striker for us now in the Premier League / Champions League at the moment. 

I don't think we *will* see huge bids for him, but that's more that I don't think the teams that could make £100m bids for him (PSG / Bayern / Man City / Man Utd / Chelsea / Liverpool / Real) really need someone in his position at the moment and it would be a lot of money to drop on a position that isn't a priority. But if Harry Kane got a career-ending injury tomorrow, I reckon Bayern would be in for him like a shot at that price.