The Watford Courier
Market10 Aug 2026
Tobi Adeyemo agrees terms with Harrogate Town
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Watford people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market10 Aug 2026
Mady Camara arrives at Watford in a $6.4M statement of intent
There comes a point where a club either backs its own ambition or admits it does not have any. Watford have paid $6.4M for Mady Camara, which is the loudest way there is of saying which one it chose.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Watford bid $7.1M for Samuel Essende
The offer went to Young Boys this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Market10 Aug 2026
Kévin Keben turns Gillingham down
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Edoardo Bove stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Edoardo Bove and Watford agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Edoardo Bove in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Watford this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
$6.4M for Mady Camara, and Watford supporters approve
Boards get told what they have done wrong for years and hear nothing on the days they get it right. This is one of those days: Mady Camara from PAOK for $6.4M, and a ticket office having a very good morning.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Ben Nelson
Watford asked and Leicester City said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A muscle injury sidelines Max Smith for 15 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Watford will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
In brief
- Squad The formation has left Mady Camara behind
- The dugout Kwadwo Baah gets it from the manager
- Market 48 months and counting on Nathan Baxter