Watford set their sights on two or three more signings

Walter Mazzarri believes Watford need to make two or three more signings before the transfer window closes.

The Hornets have already added six new additions this summer and have more foreign players than Premier League legislation allows currently on their books.

The Golden Boys’ owner Gino Pozzo is part of the same family that run Udinese and their clubs have been built on the funds raised by unearthing young talent, with Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez among those to have been brought to Europe by the Pozzos.

Alexis Sanchez during his time at Udinese.(Photo by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Images)

One of the outcomes of such a policy is the high number of players the Pozzos sign and Mazzarri confirmed the Hornets are not finished in the transfer market yet.

He said: “I spoke with the club, and being a new and experienced manager they allowed me first of all to evaluate the players that were already in the club. This is what I have been doing until now, and this is what I will also do in the next days.

“The club has said it’s no problem to go ahead for an extra two or three players if we need them, and I think we do.”
Mazzarri is an experienced operator who guided Napoli to second in Serie A and the last 16 of the Champions League during his four years at the club, as well as winning the Coppa Italia.

The 54-year-old has been out of work since leaving Inter Milan in November 2014 after 18 months at the club but is now enjoying his first taste of English football.

It will be interesting to see how much time he is given after replacing Quique Sanchez Flores, who was dispensed of despite comfortably securing their Premier League status and guiding the club to an FA Cup semi-final in his first and only campaign.

However, Mazzarri insists: “I don’t feel the pressure, actually the pressure motivates me. The pressure makes me work even harder.

“I agree that last year Watford did very well, reaching the semi-finals of the FA Cup, but I don’t like to look at what happened before.

“I am here to work now and I feel very comfortable and very motivated to do a good job.”

He added: “I have known the Pozzos for some time and there has always been a good mutual relationship.

“There have even been times in the past when the president has wanted to work with me, but for one reason or the other this didn’t happen [until now].”