On 24 January 2022, after Watford's 3-0 defeat at home to relegated team Norwich, Claudio Ranieri, who had coached Leicester City and embarked on a magical journey to win the title, was forced to blame.
Watford are the promotion horses of this season, but the expansion does not use a lot of money, a total of less than 40 million euros, the highest of which is only from Nantes for 10 million euros to buy midfielder Imran Louza, but he has only played 4 games for the team so far this season, obviously failing to bring chemistry to the team.
This season's acquisition is more useful, I believe that it is a lot of goals handed over earlier, only 4 million euros from Bruges to buy forward Emmanuel Dennis, the Nigerian striker is only 23 years old, I believe it will be one of the team's rising stars, but to solve the team's urgent needs by his own strength, Xiaobian believes that it is impossible, the team can affect the outcome of the game is indeed too few players is one of the team's problems.
Ismaila Sarr, who has performed well this season, has not been able to play for the team since the injury in November, in fact, everyone can see that Watford's subsequent results have begun to plummet, so we have to believe that his influence on the team is very large, and the second half of the team's season is extremely needed for his play to make the front line more supplies.
Claudio Ranieri actually knows that the team needs to rectify the rhythm of the midfield, but in the case of limited funds, he can only sign Moussa Sissoko, who was abandoned by Tottenham Hotspur, and xiaobian agrees that this acquisition is effective, but most of the players in the team are capable of fighting for each other, and it is absolutely difficult to win steadily in the Premier League competitions with many masters, and it is difficult to escape from adversity.
While it's not known which Watford will appoint as the new manager (the latest news is that veteran manager Roy Hodgson will take over at the end of the season), a new manager in exchange for hope of relegation, Claudio Ranieri's magical journey seems to apply only to Leicester City.
At this stage, Watford is very lacking in a creative attacking midfielder to release the scoring ability of their frontline players, in fact, the team's attacking players such as Joshua King, Ismaila Sal and Emmanuel Dennis are all qualified, and what is lacking is only supply.
If Watford's funds are really limited, it will concentrate on buying a relatively heavy and "immediately use" offensive midfielder, such as Brentford is very shrewd to prepare to sign Eriksen, who has played for Tottenham, and Xiaobian also agrees with the need to have the ability to fight immediately, definitely signing a player with Premier League experience, and preferably still playing in the Premier League.
But among them, the more interesting such as Manchester United's Jesse Lingard has already given Newcastle United a look, and there are only a few suitable players who can try to sign in, and one of the editors feels that he can try, that is, Delek Alli, who has now lost his starter in Tottenham, but he very much needs a Bó Lè to reactivate him, and not every manager knows how to make him a creative and good offensive midfielder of the past.
And the other is now in Manchester United often failed to get the opportunity van de Beek, this midfielder is a more like to be a free man role, good at working for each teammate on the field, his ability is indeed worth giving him more opportunities to play to prove more, now Manchester United new manager Ronnick does not seem to have expectations of him, Watford if he can borrow him, I believe that the team will bring new impacts both offensively and defensively.
Of course, the reinforcement of the defense is also needed, they now concede two goals per game in the league, the two regular full-backs are Danny Rose and Femenia, who are over 30 years old, and starting center-back Craig Cathcart is also over 30 years old. Under the intensive schedule of the Premier League, the physical load is indeed not light, especially in the second half of the season, there is a chance that the state will not be restored in time due to physical exertion, and if the defensive players can be added to enhance or rotate, it can help the team to compete in the second half of the season.
Watford can try to borrow Nathan Ake, who has made very few appearances at Manchester City, to solve the team's urgent needs, if he joins the team can play a relatively stable 3-centre-back combination, so that the 30-year-old two-sided defender can bear less defensively, as long as there is one more midfielder in midfield can cooperate with Moussa Sissoko, can play a 3-4-3 combination, but this is just an ideal squad without injury. Watford is indeed very insufficient on the bench, it depends on whether the new manager can promote some young players, bring more new blood to the team to make the team out of the low tide, do not forget that Newcastle United in the relegation zone in the second half of the season is expected to be able to rebound technically after the addition of many strong reinforcements.
Escaping from the relegation zone is by no means an easy task, roy Hodgson is experienced, but now Watford personnel are weak, if the players can not be signed in this transfer window, Xiaobian will not be optimistic about the dawn of their relegation road.