Watford have completed a deal for the Belgian defender Christian Kabasele and are also expected to confirm the purchase of Nigerian striker Isaac Success for a club record fee of £12.5m.
Kabasele, who is part of Belgium’s squad for Euro 2016, has moved from Genk on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee.
The 25-year-old played 81 times for Genk, scoring seven goals, after signing for the Belgian Pro League side in 2014.
OFFICIAL: Belgian defender Christian Kabasele, 25, joins from Genk. More info: https://t.co/JX1HImtqSA #watfordfc pic.twitter.com/Avlv3SPugY
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Meanwhile, Success, who scored scoring six goals in 30 appearances for Granada as they narrowly avoided relegation from La Liga last season, will sign a five-year deal at Vicarage Road.
The move was confirmed on Thursday on Granada’s official Twitter feed, with the striker expected to provide competition for Troy Deeney and Odion Ighalo – the subject of a £38m offer from Shanghai SIPG.
“Today is a bittersweet day for me, because through this letter, I want to say goodbye to the best fans that you can have, of my colleagues, of all workers in the club who have both supported me since I arrived in Granada, in addition to this city that has given me everything,” Success wrote in a farewell letter to the club’s supporters.
“Now I begin another professional stage, which would not have been possible without my learning and development in Granada.”
Watford completed the signing of the former Liverpool striker Jerome Sinclair on Thursday, with their new head coach Walter Mazzarri due to start work next week.
