Intriguing Watford transfer agreement emerges | OneFootball

With the transfer window in full swing, rumours surrounding Watford have intensified in the last week or so.

Ismaila Sarr was on the verge of an exit before his move to Aston Villa collapsed, and Newcastle United have reportedly made a fresh bid of £30 million for Brazilian forward Joao Pedro.

However, it is not those deals that were the most eye-catching Watford headline this morning.

That belonged to full-back Hassane Kamara, who has been involved in an intriguing transfer arrangement this morning.

As per the Watford Observer, Kamara has been sold to Italian club Udinese for a fee of around £16 million, but, immediately loaned back to the Hornets for the remainder of the 2022/23 campaign.

Now, we have seen clubs buy players and loan them back to their former clubs immediately before, but what is interesting here is the ties between the Hornets and the Italian outfit.

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Udinese and Watford have strong links owing to the fact that they are both owned by members of the Pozzo family, with father Giampaolo owning Udinese, and his son, Gino, owning Watford.

The Italian club do not hold any option to recall the 28-year-old before the season ends, according to the report, with the move set to inject the Hornets with cash flow that could potentially enable them to keep Ismaila Sarr this summer.

The Verdict

This is certainly an interesting and unexpected one.

The good news for Watford, though, is that they get to keep Hassane Kamara for the remainder of the season.

It would have been a huge blow to lose him, and in doing this slightly unusual deal, they have potentially now got the funds to keep Hornets winger Ismaila Sarr, which can only be a positive thing.

There will no doubt be some, including Watford fans, that question the deal, though, given the links that do exist between the two clubs.

Nevertheless, we have seen Watford and Udinese do business on several occasions previously and this will certainly not be the last time they do so, either.