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  • Galatasaray want Isaac Success on loan

    Galatasaray want Isaac Success on loan

    Officials of Turkish Super Lig team, Galatasaray, are exploring the possibility of signing Nigeria youth international, Isaac Success, before the close of the summer transfer window, allnigeriasoccer.com reports.

    One of the club’s representatives has opened communication with the player’s intermediary about a loan move.

    However, officials of the English Premier League (EPL) side, Watford, want to keep Success because he is in the plans of first-team coach, Walter Mazzarri.

    The ex- Granada forward made his competitive debut for Watford in Saturday‘s 1-3 defeat to Arsenal at the Vicarage Road.

  • Ighalo, Moses play as Chelsea beat Watford

    Ighalo, Moses play as Chelsea beat Watford

    SUPER Eagles strikers Odion Ighalo and Victor Moses were in action for their teams as Chelsea came from behind to punish Watford 2-1 on Saturday.
    Diego Costa scored the winner for the second game in a row as win at Vicarage Road.
    Etienne Capoue had put the Hornets ahead on 56 minutes as the hosts looked in control of the game.
    The win gives Chelsea boss Antonio Conte a 100% start in the Premier League after Monday’s victory against West Ham.
    Chelsea seemed to be running out of ideas before Conte made his first change on 71 minutes, with the visitors registering just one shot on target.

  • Watford extend Ighalo’s deal to 2021

    Watford extend Ighalo’s deal to 2021

    English Premier League club, Watford on Thursday announced that Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo, has signed a new contract until 2021.

    The 27-year-old extended his stay at Vicarage Road after scoring 17 goals in the English topflight last season, Goal reports.

    Watford turned down a £38m offer from Chinese side, Shanghai SIPG for the ex- Granada striker in June.

     

  • 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.”

     

  • Mazzarri lands Watford job

    Mazzarri lands Watford job

    Watford has announced that former Inter Milan boss, Walter Mazzarri, will become head coach from July 1 after the departure of Quique Sanchez Flores.

    The 54-year-old Italian, who has also managed Sampdoria and Napoli, has signed a three-year contract at Vicarage Road, the BBC reports.

    Spaniard Flores left after less than a year with the Premier League side.

    Watford finished 13th in a season where it also lost in the FA Cup semi-finals to Crystal Palace.

    Mazzarri is the Hornets’ eighth manager in the past four years.

    “Walter has been the target of a number of approaches for his services, so we’re delighted to secure him as head coach here at Watford,” the BBC quoted  Watford’s chief executive, Scott Duxbury, as saying on the club’s official website.

    “We’re thoroughly looking forward to working with such a highly regarded coach, with the progress and development of the club always remaining the highest priority.”

  • Quique Flores to leave Watford

    Quique Flores to leave Watford

    Watford manager, Quique Sanchez Flores, will leave the Premier League club at the end of the season.

    The Spaniard, 51, was appointed in June 2014 following the club’s promotion from the Championship.

    The club lies 13th in the Premier League, but had won just two of its past 11 top-flight games, the BBC reports.

    Sanchez, who also guided Watford to the FA Cup semi-finals, will leave after the final game of the season – against Sunderland at Vicarage Road on Sunday.

    “We would like to thank Quique. He and the team achieved the target set at the start of the season of staying in the Premier League for a second year,” said a club statement.

    “Quique leaves with all our best wishes for the future and the knowledge he is always welcome at Vicarage Road.”

  • 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.

  • Ighalo: I won’t leave Watford in summer

    Ighalo: I won’t leave Watford in summer

    •Eagles’ forward celebrates  Crystal Palace win

    Watford striker, Odion Jude Ighalo has told SportingLife that he remains a player of the club even beyond the end of the season and that he never signed any agreement with them for him to be sold at the end of the season.

    An elated Ighalo said  he was thrilled that Watford returned to winning ways after the loss to Tottenham last week and that the three points have lifted them further on the league table.

    He told SportingLife that he decided to speak out denying the reports in some section of the media that he had sealed a pact with the owners of Watford to walk away from the club at the end of the season if any club matched his asking price.

    Ighalo revealed that he was never bothered throughout the January transfer window when he was linked to several clubs including his boyhood club, Manchester United, Liverpool and a club in China.

    He said he only concentrated on Watford and their quest to retain their premier league identity at the end of the season and to do well also in the FA Cup.

    “I want to put it on record that I didn’t sign any agreement with anybody to leave Watford at the end of the season because I don’t know anything about that. I didn’t allow the transfer speculation to affect my performance for Watford too.

    “The victory at Crystal Palace was very important after the loss to Tottenham and the draw at home to Chelsea. I am happy for Troy Deeney, he was very fantastic in the match and I hope we can get more of these victories in the coming games,” Ighalo told SportingLife.

  • 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.