The Watford Courier
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Galatasaray tell Watford: Yunus Akgün is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Mamadou Doumbia at 20 — 7.76
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Mamadou Doumbia did not need any: 7.76, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Watford baulk at the price for Julio Soler
Bournemouth wanted more than $1.4M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Watford go back to the board over Charlie Taylor
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $280.0K — a club that wants Charlie Taylor enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
An offer of $370.0K for Darko Gyabi
Watford have gone to Hull City with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Watford bid $270.0K for Charlie Taylor
The offer went to Southampton 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.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Watford
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Match15 Aug 2026
Watford come up short against Bristol City
Bristol City left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Anthony Matthews joins the Watford first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Anthony Matthews is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Nathan Cook steps up from the Watford academy
- Market Watford promote Paul Wright from within
- Market Charles Green steps up from the Watford academy