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  • Watford sign Isaac Success for £12.5m

    Watford sign Isaac Success for £12.5m

    English Premier League club, Watford broke a club record when they splashed 12.5 million pounds for Nigeria striker Isaac Success.

    The 20-year-old Success has signed a five-year contract from La Liga side Granada CF, according to SkySports.

    The former Nigeria U-17 and U-20 star netted five goals in 40 appearances in the league for Granada.

    His arrival comes on the heels of report that Watford have rejected a bid by a Chinese club of over 37 million pounds for Nigeria international forward, Odion Ighalo.

    The Chinese club is Shanghai SIPG.

  • Watford sign Success for record fee

    Watford sign Success for record fee

    English Premier League club Watford has signed Nigeria’s youth international, Isaac Success, for a club record 12.5 million pounds.

    The 20-year-old has signed a five-year contract from La Liga side Granada CF, according to SkySports.

    The former U-17 striker scored five goals in 40 appearances for Granada last season, africanFootball.com reports.

  • Success sends ‘goodbye’ letter to Granada

    Success sends ‘goodbye’ letter to Granada

    Watford-bound Nigeria striker, Isaac Success, has said he owes La Liga side, Granada “everything” in an emotional goodbye letter to the Spanish club.

    Success is expected to join Watford in the next few days, and has thanked Granada for a “wonderful journey together,” ahead of the move.

    “Today is a bitter-sweet day for me, because through this letter, I want to say goodbye to the best hobby that you can have, to my colleagues and all the workers in the club who have both supported me since I arrived in Granada, in addition to this city that has given me everything,” africanFootball.com quoted the ex-Nigeria U-17 striker as saying in the letter to the Spanish club.

    “Two years ago, I came to this amazing city with a dream. I have chased that dream since childhood. From my town in Benin City, it looked far to play in Europe, to be a star and become one of the greats. But thanks to the U-17 World Cup in 2013, I started to realize my dream.”

     

  • FIVE-YEAR DEAL: Watford keep £9m for Isaac Success

    FIVE-YEAR DEAL: Watford keep £9m for Isaac Success

    Watford will finalise the £9million transfer of Isaac Success from Granada on a five year contract.

    The 20-year-old has been lined up for move to England after impressing in La Liga though he is still considered a raw prospect rather than the finished article.

    The Nigeria Under 20 international is strong and quick. He can play on either wing and as a central striker. Watford owner Gino Pozzo has sold his interest in Granada but still has a good relationship with the new Chinese owners Link International Sports.

    Success was part of the Granada side that managed to avoid relegation from La Liga last season, scoring six goals and providing five assists in 30 appearances. He was watched by Atletico Madrid and West Ham among others last season but Watford have taken the plunge.

  • Success listed among Europe’s elite youngsters

    Success listed among Europe’s elite youngsters

    Granada’s Isaac Success is the second most fielded forward under the age of 21 in the top European leagues, according to a CIES Football Observatory report.

    Isaac, 20, comes behind Manchester United’s Anthony Martial and ahead of Stuttgart’s Timo Werner, Troyes’ Corentin Jean and Bayern Munich’s Kingsley Coman in the top five.

    Goal reports that the former FIFA U-17 World Cup winner has been a regular starter with his La Liga club this season where he has made 23 appearances and scoring four goals.

    In the other  categories, Arsenal’s Hector Bellerin topped the most-fielded full backs, Maximillian Meyer of Schalke led the attacking midfielders list, while Leon Goretzka of Schalke, Niklas Sule of Hoffenheim and Gianluigi Donnarumma topped the defensive midfielders, centre backs and goalkeepers lists respectively.

  • Watford boss tips Success to shine in England

    Watford boss tips Success to shine in England

    Watford manager Quique Sanchez Flores has tipped Granada forward, Isaac Success, to shine in the English Premier League after he admitted his admiration for the Nigeria U-20 striker.

    Success has been linked with a move to Watford, who like Granada is owned by the Pozzo family who also own Italian Serie A side, Udinese.

    “Success is a very good player, he has power, he has the physical characteristics to play in England, but he’s younger and we need to think about the future of this player, or if we have the possibility of this player in the future,” africanFootball.com quoted Flores as saying on the player.

    Fellow Nigerian star, Odion Ighalo, has already made a successful transition from Granada in La Liga to the EPL and many see the younger Success as a direct replacement should Ighalo leave Watford in the summer.

    However, the Watford manager said he remains positive his club could still hold on to Ighalo.

  • Watford to replace Ighalo with Isaac Success

    Watford to replace Ighalo with Isaac Success

    Officials of English Premier League side, Watford, are preparing a summer move for former Flying Eagles striker, Isaac Success.

    The EPL side has started planning for life without its prolific striker, Odion Ighalo ahead of next season and has beamed its searchlight on the highly-rated Granada starlet as his replacement, allnigeriasoccer.com reports.

    Watford, Udinese and Granada are owned by the Pozzo family and it is envisaged that negotiations over Success’s transfer to Vicarage Road will be fruitful.

    The ex-Golden Eaglets star has expressed his desire to join Watford if his wages are increased and he is paid a hefty signing on fee.

     

  • U-23 championship-bound Success lifts Granada

    U-23 championship-bound Success lifts Granada

    Nigeria striker Isaac Success scored his third goal for La Liga side Granada before heading off to the U-23 championship in Senegal, which begins on Saturday.

    Success underlined his current form when he doubled Granada’s lead against Atletico Bilbao after 59 minutes for his third goal of the season on Sunday, africanFootball.com reports.

    Success, who has represented Nigeria at U-17 and U-20 levels, is one of four foreign-based players that made the final cut for the U-23 championship, which will serve as qualifying tournament for the 2016 Olympics I Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

    The others are – Taiwo Awoniyi (Germany), Azubuike Okechukwu (Turkey) and Junior Ajayi (Tunisia).

     

  • Granada stop Success from CAF U-23 championship

    Granada stop Success from CAF U-23 championship

    Ex-Flying Eagles striker, Isaac Success, will not be released by his Spanish side, Granada, for next month’s CAF U-23 championship in Senegal, his agent told allnigeriasoccer.com on Saturday.

    “Success will not come, he will not be released. It is a problem, he is one of their top strikers and the coaches should look for alternatives,” the agent said.

    “If the competition was held during the summer break, he would have had no problem honouring the call – up. He is doing well now.

    “We are praying for the club to release him, but it will be hard. We went through hell before he was released for the FIFA U- 20 World Cup.”

    Granada team manager, Javi Jimenez, added: “I don’t think he will be released, but I’ll let you know later.”

    Granada will play against Malaga, Leganés, Atlético Madrid and Levante around the same time the Nigeria Olympic Team will be competing at the CAF U-23 championship.

  • Isaac Success pays Awoniyi bonus for Hungary brace

    Flying Eagles’ striker Isaac Success has paid out a bonus of $200 to fellow striker Taiwo Awoniyi after his goals against Hungary.

    Granada striker Success had promised Awoniyi the cash before the match and he made good his promise when the lanky striker hit a brace on Thursday in New Plymouth.

    “He paid Awoniyi from his match bonus from the game,” disclosed a team official.

    Asked who will be the next beneficiary of his generosity, Success simply smiled before he said, “We just have to wait and see.”

    Awoniyi tops the goals’ chart for the Flying Eagles with two goals and two assists, while Godwin Saviour has two goals and a goal.

    Success and Musa Yahaya have scored a goal apiece.