The List – January 2019. 19/12/2018
Posted by Matt Rowson in Thoughts about things.trackback
Here we are again. Don’t know about you, but I hold even the players that we were linked with but never signed in a sort of reverent awe which is probably unreasonable. Yves Bissouma will be brilliant for Brighton at some point. Meanwhile, here’s your list of players linked with the Hornets since the summer, a list that will be kept up to date until the end of January so bookmark if you Like This Sort Of Thing. A very low bar of credibility is employed, but a mere “I think Watford should sign…” falls below it.
* Indicates player linked in previous windows
Summer 2018 List / January 2018 List / Summer 2017 List / January 2017 List / Summer 2016 List / January 2016 List / Summer 2015 List
Running Total: 40
IN
Divock Origi (Liverpool)*
Filip Stuparević (FK Voždovac) SIGNED
Chris Willock (Benfica)
Adam Lovatt (Hastings)
Gary Cahill (Chelsea)
João Pedro (Fluminense) SIGNED
Mateo Musacchio (Milan)
Andrea Ranocchia (Inter)*
Hector Herrera (Porto)*
David Bates (Hamburg)
Tom Heaton (Burnley)*
Diego Demme (RB Leipzig)
Fyodor Chalov (CSKA Moscow)
Milad Mohammadi (Akhmat Grozny)
Noah Smerdon (Gloucester City)
Thomas Vermaelen (Barcelona)*
Efthymios Koulouris (PAOK)
Joe Lolley (Nottingham Forest)
Ibrahim Meité (Cardiff City)
Ronald Sobowale (Walton Casuals)
Youssef Msakni (Al Duhail) – joined Eupen on loan
Philip Billing (Huddersfield)
Szymon Żurkowski (Górnik Zabrze) – joined Fiorentina
Adrien Tameze (Nice)
Dominic Solanke (Liverpool) – joined Bournemouth
Grégoire Defrel (Roma)*
Stanislav Lobotka (Celta Vigo)
Denis Suarez (Barcelona) – joined Arsenal on loan
Vittorio Parigini (Torino)
Ozan Kabak (Galatasaray) – joined VfB Stuttgart
Declan Drysdale (Tranmere Rovers) – joined Coventry City
Maxwell Cornet (Lyon)*
François Kamano (Bordeaux)
Marcus Thuram (Guingamp)
Kim Min-Jae (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors) – joined Beijing Guoan
Harry Arter (AFC Bournemouth)*
Aurélien Tchouaméni (Bordeaux)
Emerson (Atlético Mineiro)
Roberto Gagliardini (Inter)
Fabio Borini (Milan)
OUT
Abdoulaye Doucouré (Arsenal*, PSG, Tottenham*, Liverpool*, Everton*, West Ham)
Roberto Pereyra (Chelsea, Torino*)
Stefano Okaka (Fulham*, Monaco, Beşiktaş*, Udinese*)
. – joined Udinese on loan
Dodi Lukebakio (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
Randell Williams (Brentford, Bristol City, Portsmouth, Wycombe Wanderers)
. – joined Exeter City
Sebastian Prödl (Fenerbahçe)
Marvin Zeegelaar (Udinese) – joined Udinese on loan
Ryan Cassidy (Everton*, Derby County, Aston Villa, Leeds United, Southampton, Wolves)
Adalberto Peñaranda (Galatasaray)
Gerard Deulofeu (Milan, West Ham)
Nathaniel Chalobah (Aston Villa, West Brom)
Marc Navarro (Leganes)
BHaPPY (not BSaD) 
[…] Last season was by far the quietest with no outgoings and only the key loan signing of Gerard Deulofeu troubling the Sky Sports tickertape. The evidence of the last three seasons suggests that Watford only use the January window for tinkering with the squad, bringing in back up players or try-before-you-buy loans for potential first teamers. The Hornets haven’t been forced into selling any players they didn’t want to, preferring to move on players that had naturally come to the end of their time at Vicarage Road (a trend that looks like continuing with the suggestion that Stefano Okaka and Marvin Zeegelaar are likely to leave in the next few days). Despite the general lack of incoming activity, this won’t stop approximately 50 odd players being linked to Watford – something that is manfully logged here on the Bhappy blog. […]