Watford have opened talks for Tottenham midfielder Moussa Sissoko after agreeing to sell Will Hughes to Crystal Palace for £10m.
The 32-year-old Sissoko still has two years left on contract but wants a new challenge as he recognises he will have limited game time under Nuno Espírito Santo as the Portuguese takes charge of a re-shaped squad.
The Tottenham boss hopes to make new additions but the club have been rebuffed in their bid to sign Wolves’ Adama Traore.
After knocking back Spurs’ £5m loan offer with view to a permanent deal, the Molineux club have re-iterated the winger is not for sale and he could now sign a new contract.
Tottenham still want to streamline their squad particularly of non homegrown players though are reluctant to let Sissoko go on a free.
Watford have considered a number of defensive midfielders including Rangers’ Glen Kamara and Okan Yokuslu of Celta Vigo but are now talking to Spurs to see if a deal can be struck for Sissoko.
Hughes is close to finalising his move to Palace after a £10m deal was agreed between the clubs. Palace are understood to have offered £6m plus add-ons for the 26-year-old who had turned down the offer of a new contract and also had interest from Burnley.
Hughes could yet be followed out of the Vicarage Road exit by captain Troy Deeney. The 33-year-old is considering his options after 11 seasons at Watford.
Deeney has twice appeared as a substitute this season and is wary of diminishing game time.
Watford, who have sold Isaac Success to sister club Udinese, will assess all offers for Deeney over the coming days.
Assou12
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Why sell him ? Moussa Sissoko is a good and strong Physical defensive Midfield for us . He is the types of player's for us that's we should keep ? Just sell Sergie Aurier , Eric Dier and Ndombele . They are very disappointing and useless . COYS...
He can't complete pass
Eddycure
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who told you? some folks don't know much about football. a player can be good and doesn't fit the pattern of the manager. sissoko was a key player in Pochettino time, has done better than Ndombele Tanguy. Soldado struggled at Tottenham, Lukaku struggled at Man U so was Alexis Sanchez. Coutinho is struggling at Barca, Hazard is almost useless at Madrid. Your Roben was not good at Chelsea and the entire Bayern Team was bad before Flick took over
what's saying are making sense to me and I witnessed all of them. I agree with you but right now if Tottenham sells sissoko it's very good for Tottenham
Fecadeosy
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good for Tottenham, sissoko is not a good player.
who told you? some folks don't know much about football. a player can be good and doesn't fit the pattern of the manager. sissoko was a key player in Pochettino time, has done better than Ndombele Tanguy. Soldado struggled at Tottenham, Lukaku struggled at Man U so was Alexis Sanchez. Coutinho is struggling at Barca, Hazard is almost useless at Madrid. Your Roben was not good at Chelsea and the entire Bayern Team was bad before Flick took over
nedblry
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Erm... A World Cup winner... not a good player? Actually I seriously don't know about Sissoko [Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
He is trash man. No impact on team.
BeckenbauerTikiTaka
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good for Tottenham, sissoko is not a good player.
Erm... A World Cup winner... not a good player? Actually I seriously don't know about Sissoko [Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
Vadadekpu
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Why sell him ? Moussa Sissoko is a good and strong Physical defensive Midfield for us . He is the types of player's for us that's we should keep ? Just sell Sergie Aurier , Eric Dier and Ndombele . They are very disappointing and useless . COYS...
Memacmntu
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all the best
Eddycure
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good for Tottenham, sissoko is not a good player.