Sanchez Flores expects plenty of movement in transfer market

Quique Sanchez Flores has reiterated his wish to strengthen the squad before the end of the transfer window and the size of the job he faces in whittling down the number of foreign players he can register with the Premier League.

We understand the head coach wants to add an out-and-out winger to his options in addition to a midfielder, presumably to provide high-class cover for Etienne Capoue and Valon Behrami. Moves, we are told, for a centre-half and a left-back are also being discussed.

“We are working on this process,” said the head coach. “We have the possibility to incorporate a couple more players and we are talking about the positions we need but this is not this week, this is in the next month.”

The Spaniard has been around the block long enough not be drawn on names yet showed his humorous side by indulging the local media in the guessing game.

“You want the names and the positions or you only need the positions and then you find the names elsewhere?” he joked. “We are looking in this position [winger], yes.”

The recruitment committee are also forensically assessing which of the 21 foreign players (and counting) will make the 17 permitted by the league and then which of those that don’t make the cut they will be able to sell or loan out to avoid being saddled with their wages until January.

“We have two weeks to choose our squad and how we want to build the squad,” said the head coach. “They are fighting for a place in the squad and this is the best news as they are fighting to stay at Watford. This is really nice but we have to decide. Mr Pozzo and me are very clear about what we want. We are working very hard and we have our eyes open completely.”

Any incoming left-back cover will come from the home-grown market, although this position is not seen as a priority after Ikechi Anya impressed the coaching staff with his performance at left-back against Europa League winners Sevilla.

“Anya can be [cover for left-back],” he said. “At this moment we are not expecting to change a lot of things in this area. We have players who can play in different positions.”

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