Isaac backed for Success with Watford and Nigeria

The £12.5million summer arrival of striker Isaac Success will prove to be good news for club and country, Watford boss Walter Mazzarri believes.

The 20-year-old has made three Premier League appearances so far this term – all of them as a substitute – and this week earned his first call-up to the Nigeria senior squad for next month’s World Cup qualifier against Zambia.

Success is one of six English-based players named in the squad, so will find Manchester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho and Ahmed Musa of Leicester City among those in his way.

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However, his immediate priority will be attempting to win a regular starting berth in the Watford team.

But Mazzarri backs Success to soon find a home in the Premier League and begin to become a star for his national side.

“We’re very pleased for him. We think we helped for him to get a call-up from the national team,” said Mazzarri.

“He’s a very young player and if he follows our mentality at this club we think he’s going to have a very good future with this team and for his national team.”