This is what you call a feeder club...

[SeattleCanary 0]

two thirds of watfords incoming signings this summer so far:

Almen Abdi (Udinese, undisclosed),

Marco Cassetti (Udinese, undisclosed),

Cristian Battocchio (Udinese, undisclosed),

Gabriele Angella (Udinese, undisclosed),

Marco Davide Faraoni (Udinese, undisclosed),

Diego Fabbrini (Udinese, undisclosed),

Javier Acuna (Udinese, undisclosed)

7 players in total!! Now imagine if we did that to Leeds how they''d react!! haha

[Move Klose 303]

Ipswich

Dean Gerkhen - Bristol City

Paul Anderson - Bristol City

Cole Skuse - Bristol City

The same Bristol City team that finished bottom of the championship last season.

[KeiranShikari_2 0]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giampaolo_Pozzo

[Tetteys Jig 830]

Basically the youth team/ reserves of udinese.

[The Great Mass Debater 1,075]

Are they all permanent signings? Or loans in?

If these are players Udinese want rid of then it would seem Watford have become the local tip!

Presume these are either loans or there is a buy-back arrangement in place?

[SwindonCanary 455]

Watford and  Udinese have the same owners. Transfer negotiations must have been a nightmare !

[canaryfairy 0]

Spurs to Swindon = 6

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-2380976/Tottenham-strengthen-Swindon-link-CHARLES-SALE.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

[ryanncfc 0]

They are ran by the same owners. Last year Watford had all these players on loan and they have signed permanently this season

[Bethnal Yellow and Green 1,557]

[quote user="The Great Mass Debater"]Are they all permanent signings? Or loans in? If these are players Udinese want rid of then it would seem Watford have become the local tip! Presume these are either loans or there is a buy-back arrangement in place?[/quote]

 

They are all permanent signings - no need for buy-back arrangements when you own both teams.

 

A lot of these players aren''t just Udinese rejects etc. far more money for the Pozzos if Watford get to the Premier League.

[snake-eyes 13]

These are permanent signings. The league changed the rules on the number of loans a club can have after what Watford did last year.

However l bet there are clauses in the contracts that allow Udinese to buy back any player for minimal cost!

The whole thing is bad for football IMO!

Snake

[dhickl 0]

Eadie4England: Dean Gerkhen - Bristol City

He won the chant of the year from Football365 a few years ago. He had a nightmare game, and the opponents started "You should have stayed in a burger"...which then really took off

[Budapest Canary 152]

Is it time to by a feeder club? Which one would you prefer?

[Budapest Canary 152]

edit:buy

[Mr Angry 1,542]

[quote user="ryanncfc"]They are ran by the same owners. Last year Watford had all these players on loan and they have signed permanently this season [/quote]

The first 3 were on loan last year, the other 4 are completely new to Watford. They have a stronger team this year and I wouldn''t be surprised if they win the Championship this season.

[Monty13 2,229]

Ipswich. We can rename them Norwich B.

[Waveney Canary 0]

Why on earth buy a feeder club we have Leeds United?

[Alan_Grey 0]

Can you imagine what would happen if we bought Leeds?

As I type that I remembered that no owner can own more than one prem or football league side (I think!), but it''s nice to fantasise.