Gerard Deulofeu: Watford winger joins Udinese on season-long loan
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Gerard Deulofeu has scored 17 goals in 70 appearances for Watford
Watford winger Gerard Deulofeu has agreed to join Udinese on loan for the remainder of the season.
The 26-year-old has not featured for the Hornets since a serious knee injury against Liverpool in February.
Former Everton player Deulofeu joined Watford from Barcelona in January 2018, initially on loan, before making the move permanent in the summer.
He was also understood to have been in talks with Fiorentina over a move, but a deal fell through.
Deulofeu also follows Argentine forward Ignacio Pussetto to the Serie A club on a similar deal.
Pussetto returns to the club The Hornets paid a fee of £7m for in January, with the 24-year-old signing a four-and-a-half-year contract.
He has featured nine times during his stint at Vicarage Road.
Udinese owner Giampaolo Pozzo is the father of Watford owner Gino, and Pussetto is the latest player involved in a transfer between the two clubs.
Watford sold midfielder Robert Pereyra to Udinese last month, while Chile defender Francisco Sierralta, Nigeria defender William Troost-Ekong and Croatian striker Stipe Perica have all recently moved to the Championship club.
Strikers Adalberto Penaranda and Jerome Sinclair have joined Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia on season-long loans, while defender Derek Agyakwa, who made his debut in the EFL Cup last month, has signed a new two-year deal and will spend the campaign in Italy with Serie C's Como.
Meanwhile midfielder Tom Dele-Bashiru sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury in Saturday's defeat to Reading and will undergo surgery.
The 21-year-old was making his first league start for the Hornets and will be out for around six months.
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