Watford are selling left back Pervis Estupian to Villarreal for £14m. He hasn’t played a competitive game for Watford.
It’s increasingly difficult for clubs like ours to compete in the premier league as more and more of the mid level clubs seem to have some form of “side hustle†going on where they bring in young players, often with the sole objective of trading them a few years later. Wolves, Leeds and to a lesser extent Brighton all now signing lots of youngsters for low fees, knowing the market will return them a profit.
Something we probably need to consider as part of a long term strategy. Even clubs like Sheff Utd seem to have a network of clubs in Europe who they loan players to on a partnership basis.