Miguel Layun insists it does not matter how many signings Watford make as long as all the players are working towards the same target.

There has been something of a revolving door policy at Vicarage Road this summer with 13 players arriving from all corners of the globe and a further nine departing. Not to mention a fifth head coach, Quique Sanchez Flores, joining in less than a year.

Many of those changes were being made whilst Layun was playing in and eventually winning the Gold Cup with Mexico this summer.

But the 27-year-old believes as long as the whole squad are working in unison the number of newcomers is irrelevant.

Speaking last week, Layun said: “We have had a lot of changes. But if we are going in the same direction it does not matter how many new faces we have here.

“I think we want exactly the same thing and that is why we can do very well. The most important thing is everyone is going the same way down the same road to achieve our goal.”

But with 21 players who do not qualify as homegrown on the books and only 17 permitted under the Premier League’s squad rules, competition for places is high ahead of the September 3 deadline for clubs to submit their 25-man list.

But Layun feels Watford are stronger for those acquisitions.

He said: “There have been a lot of changes here but I think we are better because when you have more quality and competition in each position you have to give 100 per cent in each training session.

“You can’t just relax because someone else will take your place. That goes for everyone here, so you have to do your best every single day out there.”

It has been a summer of changes for Layun in the dugout too, with Mexico coach Miguel Herrera sacked for punching a journalist and Slavisa Jokanovic leaving Watford after failing to agree a new contract with the club.

“Quique is doing a very good job,” said Layun. “I was very comfortable with the old staff but that is not our business, we are just here to work with the head coach.

“I believe Quique is an amazing coach and I am trying to learn from him, the staff and all my teammates because they are really good players and I believe I have a lot to learn from them. It is going to be a very good season.”

Layun is content at Vicarage Road and the affable Mexican says he is more comfortable in England after an initial bedding-in period following his move from Club America in January.

With his wife and new-born son Mateo having joined him, the versatile midfielder’s domestic life is now settled.

“I am really enjoying having them here,” he said.

“It is not about football because the most important thing for me is my son and my wife. Having them with me gives me belief inside; I can come here and train with my mind on the pitch and that is very important because it gives me focus on the pitch.”

He added: “Everything is perfect. My wife, son and I are more comfortable now. We know when to go to the supermarket, when to go to town, things we did not know before. Now we are more used to the things you have here and that is why we are enjoying ourselves more.”