Tag: Watford
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Dele-Bashiru sets Watford target
Tom Dele-Bashiru is optimistic Watford can return to the Premier League at the end of the 2020-21 Championship campaign. The Nigeria U20 midfielder teamed up with the Vicarage Road outfit on a six-year deal from Premier League side Manchester City in the summer of 2019. Dele-Bashiru struggled to break into the Hornets’ first team as…
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EPL: City win leaves Watford vulnerable to relegation
Watford failed to ease their relegation fears in the wake of Nigel Pearson’s surprise sacking as they were hammered by a Raheem Sterling-inspired Manchester City. Defeat means the Hornets’ battle to stay up will go to the final day of the season on Sunday, when they visit Arsenal. Pearson became the Hornets’ third managerial casualty…
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Watford player Adrian Mariappa contracts Coronavirus
Watford defender, Adrian Mariappa has confirmed contracting the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The Hornets confirmed on Tuesday that one player and two staff members were among six people in England’s top-flight that tested positive for Covid-19. Mariappa has now revealed that he has contracted the virus but is yet to figure out how he got it…
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Transfer: Watford sign Gueye on five-year deal
Watford have signed 21-year-old French midfielder Pape Gueye on a five-year deal from Ligue 2 side Le Havre. Gueye’s contract with Watford will be effective from 1 July. His deal with Le Havre expires in the summer but the second division was cancelled on Tuesday, when the French prime minister banned all sporting events until…
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Watford captain faults Man Utd for selling Lukaku
Watford captain Troy Deeney says Manchester United were wrong to sell Romelu Lukaku. The Belgian has impressed this season at Inter Milan. And Deeney says: “The hit they took on Lukaku is mad, when you think about it. “They let Lukaku go and then they had to go and get Ighalo. Iggy has hit the…
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Liverpool coach, Jurgen Klopp reacts to Watford loss
Liverpool head coach Jurgen Klopp commented on the team losing to Watford (0: 3) in the 28th round English championship match. The Reds saw their first loss after a series of 44 games. “They did exactly what they wanted to do, we did not. That’s how football works,” Klopp said in an interview. “The first…
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EPL: Watford hand Liverpool first defeat of season
Liverpool’s hopes of remaining unbeaten for an entire Premier League season were ended in sensational style by a rampant Watford at Vicarage Road. Jurgen Klopp’s side were chasing a record-breaking 19th straight league win but were well below par and only registered one shot on target. Watford, who started the game with only Norwich below…
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Tottenham play goalless draw at Watford
Watford’s Troy Deeney had a penalty saved as his side drew 0-0 with Tottenham at Vicarage Road, extending the hosts’ unbeaten run in the Premier League to seven matches. Paulo Gazzaniga dived low to his right to deny the Hornets captain following Jan Vertonghen’s handball in the second half. Watford goalkeeper Ben Foster saved from…
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I left Premier League because of money – Ighalo
Former Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo, has admitted that he left Premier League side, Watford to join Chinese side, Changchun Yatai back in 2017 because of ‘money’. Ighalo scored 33 goals in 82 matches for Watford during his spell at the English club. “There’s lot of reasons I went there [China]. I wasn’t playing much…
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Salah scores twice as Liverpool sink struggling Watford
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah kept up his scoring streak against Watford on Saturday at Anfield in a 2-0 win. The Egyptian scored a brace as the English Premier League (EPL) leaders sealed victory over the bottom club. The win restored Liverpool’s 11-point advantage over second-placed Leicester City, who host Norwich City later in the day.…