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WATFORD'S RESOLVE TESTED BY PREMIER LEAGUE INTEREST IN ROCCO VATA
Watford winger Rocco Vata is linked with a £20M move to Premier League and European clubs like Crystal Palace and Fulham. His recent agency switch fuels January transfer speculation.
Watford's Irish winger, Rocco Vata, is drawing interest this January. Crystal Palace and Fulham, as well as clubs like Eintracht Frankfurt and Atalanta, are watching the £20 million-rated player.
Watford's season hasn't exactly been smooth.
After sacking Tom Cleverley, they brought in Paulo Pezzolano as head coach this summer. But after just three wins in ten games, he was out too.
Watford has a history of quickly firing head coaches, and this season is no different. Javi Gracia, who previously led the team to an FA Cup final, is now back in charge.
The Hornets are currently 15th after 17 games. Ahead of their Monday match against Birmingham City, The Daily Mail reported that several clubs are tracking Vata for a potential £20 million deal.
Vata, 20, is being watched by clubs as the winter transfer window approaches, according to The Daily Mail.
Interestingly, Vata switched to StormSportsX on Saturday, November 29, leaving CAA Base. He's not the first Watford player to switch agencies recently.
Vata has only started five of his 12 EFL Championship appearances for Watford this season. Now, he's being linked to clubs like Crystal Palace and Fulham, plus Atalanta and Eintracht Frankfurt.
The Irishman's contract runs until the summer of 2028, with Watford able to extend it for another year. He's valued at £20 million, and Watford seems hesitant to sell unless they get a huge offer.
Vata has missed the last four Championship games after getting a serious hamstring injury against Ipswich Town. Gracia said he'll be out for a long time.
Despite this, the rumour mill is starting up, and Watford's resolve might be tested in January for their Irish player.
Vata hasn't had consistent playing time since joining from Celtic FC.
He joined Celtic as a kid in 2012 and worked his way up to the first team.
Though born in Glasgow, Scotland, Vata has played for the Republic of Ireland at every youth level and has made his senior debut, choosing to play for his grandmother's country.
He could have also played for Albania through his father, Scotland through his mother, or Montenegro, where he was born, but he chose Ireland.
Since arriving at Watford in the summer of 2024, where the club paid Celtic a £250k fee, he hasn't secured a regular starting spot.
Only 20 of his 43 Championship appearances have been as a starter, with Kwadwo Baah, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Tom Ince, and Nestory Irankunda also competing for a place.
With a long period on the sidelines expected, Vata won't be able to impress before January, and it might be hard to get back into the team when he returns.
Even though he's only 20, Vata has plenty of time to make his mark in the league when he's fit again. If a move doesn't happen this winter, interest in him will likely return.
Vata has shown flashes of exciting talent, and it's not surprising that other clubs are interested, but he probably won't be sold for £20 million anytime soon.
THE ALONSO FACTOR: WHY SPURS MUST AIM HIGHER TO SECURE XABI ALONSO'S TACTICAL GENIUS
Xabi Alonso is a free agent! Discover why Tottenham are being urged to swap Thomas Frank for the former Real Madrid manager.
Tottenham Hotspur are being pushed to swap out Thomas Frank for Xabi Alonso.
But if the club want Alonso, they’ll need to aim higher with their transfer targets.
Alonso’s available now—he just left his job as Real Madrid manager on Monday. Funny thing is, he’d only gone back to Madrid last summer, and here he is, out the door after just eight months.
His last game? A tough one. Real Madrid lost the Spanish Super Cup final to Barcelona. Not exactly the way you want to bow out. For now, Alvaro Arbeloa steps in as caretaker boss.
Alonso’s still a hot property, though. Look at what he did at Bayer Leverkusen—won the league and the cup and led them to their first Bundesliga title in an unbeaten season in 2023/24. Even with the rocky spell at Madrid—rumours of clashes with players like Vinicius Jr and some grumbling about his insistence on playing 4-4-2—clubs still want him.
Simon Jordan from talkSPORT thinks Alonso’s nearly perfect for Tottenham. In fact, he wants him there. Jordan says, “I’d like them to go for Alonso because these owners who’ve been unfairly criticising Daniel Levy deserve a reality check. If Alonso comes in, he won’t put up with any nonsense about signing players like Conor Gallagher. He’ll want the big names, the best players. And if you thought Antonio Conte was a headache for Levy, wait till you see Alonso in charge after what we saw at Real Madrid.”
Daniel Levy, the club’s long-time executive chairman, stepped down in September after 25 years. A big change, considering how long he ran things.
Now, Spurs are close to signing Conor Gallagher from Atletico Madrid for £35 million. He’s already agreed to a five-and-a-half-year deal, stretching to the summer of 2031.
This would be the eighth signing for Thomas Frank, who took over from Ange Postecoglou last summer. But the pressure is mounting. Frank’s already getting flak from fans—Spurs are 14th in the league, eight points away from the top four after 21 matches, and just got dumped out of the FA Cup by Aston Villa.
Still, the club is standing by Frank for now, letting him shape the squad his way.
THE WORLD CUP DREAM: WHY ERIC DIER IS EYEING A PREMIER LEAGUE RETURN
Eric Dier is back on the radar! Discover why Nuno Espirito Santo wants to bring the former Spurs star to West Ham this January.
Eric Dier has a shot to get back into the Premier League, but it’s not exactly a soft landing. If he joins West Ham, he’s diving straight into a relegation fight.
He spent ten years at Tottenham before heading to Bayern Munich on loan in January 2024, then made that move permanent by season’s end. Not long after, Dier signed for Monaco on a free ahead of the 2025/26 season. He hit the ground running in France—started eight out of Monaco’s first nine games and even wore the captain’s armband twice.
Then everything stopped. A hamstring injury, followed by calf trouble in October, cut his momentum short and kept him out for the rest of 2025. He didn’t play again until January 10, when he came off the bench in Monaco’s Coupe de France win over US Orleans.
Now, reports say West Ham want him. Like plenty of English players abroad, Dier apparently wants to come back home and push for a World Cup spot this year. The timing’s tricky, though. West Ham sit 18th in the league, seven points adrift of safety.
Nuno Espirito Santo’s team hasn’t won a Premier League game since early November, when they edged Burnley 3-2. At least they finally snapped a ten-game winless streak in all competitions, scraping a 2-1 FA Cup victory over QPR last weekend.
After that game, Santo admitted he’s still “trying to rebalance the squad” and said they “still need bodies”—a clear hint at more signings in January.
If Dier joins, he’ll be the club’s third new arrival this window. Pablo already came in from Gil Vicente for £18.3m after bagging 10 goals in 13 Portuguese league games—Nuno’s first signing as coach. Then Taty Castellanos joined from Lazio for £21m, debuted the next day against Nottingham Forest, and wasted no time—he scored the winner against QPR in the FA Cup.
Dier and Santo already know each other pretty well from their Spurs days; Dier started 11 out of Santo’s 17 matches in charge. That history could give Dier a running start if he lands in East London.
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