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Watford are close to completing the signing of Etienne Capoue - with the Frenchman's fellow Tottenham midfielder Paulinho also on the Hornets' wanted list.

Capoue, 26, has told pals he is poised to join the newly promoted club, although a fee has yet to be finalised - with the north Londoners hoping to recoup most of the £11million they paid Toulouse for the player two years ago.

He would become the first of the seven players from Tottenham's 2013 transfer-market trolley dash to leave White Hart Lane - although Paulinho, Vlad Chiriches and Roberto Soldado will be offloaded too if Spurs can find buyers.

Promoted Watford's new boss Quique Sanchez Flores is also hoping to persuade Argentine winger Diego Perotti to join after a £7m fee was agreed with Genoa.