{"id":502439,"date":"2019-08-08T11:12:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T15:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=502439"},"modified":"2019-08-08T11:12:25","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T15:12:25","slug":"watford-sign-ismaila-sarr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2019\/08\/08\/watford-sign-ismaila-sarr\/","title":{"rendered":"Watford Complete Club-Record Signing of Ismaila Sarr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/watford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watford<\/a> have completed the signing of winger <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/bfdb33aa\/Ismaila-Sarr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ismaila Sarr<\/a> for a club-record fee. The Senegalese international has signed a five-year deal at Vicarage Road.<\/p>\n<h2>Ismaila Sarr Joins Watford<\/h2>\n<h3>Last Season<\/h3>\n<p>The 21-year-old enjoyed an emphatic season with French side Rennes last season. He scored 12 goals last season &#8211; including four in the Europa League &#8211; as well as registering four assists.<\/p>\n<p>The highlight of his season may have come during Rennes&#8217; run to the round of 16 of the Europa League. He scored during their 3-1 win home win over <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/feeds\/arsenalfootball-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal<\/a>; however, they lost the tie over two legs.<\/p>\n<h3>How Will Ismaila Sarr Fit in at Watford?<\/h3>\n<p>Ismaila Sarr is likely to be a key figure for the Hornets next season. He will provide quality on the wing for manager Javi Gracia.<\/p>\n<p>He will provide stern competition for the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/39583cfd\/Gerard-Deulofeu\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gerard Deulofeu<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/75f2c59f\/Roberto-Pereyra\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roberto Pereyra<\/a>. The former was one of the highlights for Watford last season as he scored 12 goals in 30 games, top-scoring for the Hornets. Pereyra meanwhile made 33 appearances as Watford finished 11th in the Premier League, scoring six times.<\/p>\n<h3>Successful Window?<\/h3>\n<p>Watford have quietly gone about their business this summer. They have added just three first-team additions, including former Arsenal striker Danny Welbeck.<\/p>\n<p>Javi Gracia first added <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/3e9e06cb\/Craig-Dawson\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Craig Dawson<\/a> to his defence. Dawson joined on a four-year deal and adds Premier League experience to the Watford defence, having been relegated with <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/west-brom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">West Brom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/ce5143da\/Danny-Welbeck\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Danny Welbeck<\/a> was the next through the door at Vicarage Road. He will be looking to revive his career at Watford following a string of injuries. Welbeck could prove one of the signings of the summer should he stay fit.<\/p>\n<p>They have also prepared for the future with the addition of Joao Pedro, who will join in January. The 17-year-old is highly regarded in South America.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"rc7NS0tRQ-R88KKAiQLZmQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1139474819\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'rc7NS0tRQ-R88KKAiQLZmQ',sig:'CaR18XlhPC9e5lhjUnbpGVkCdMX1JijglGQrjedRVvU=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1139474819',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watford have completed the signing of winger Ismaila Sarr for a club-record fee. The Senegalese international has signed a five-year deal at Vicarage Road. Ismaila Sarr Joins Watford Last Season The 21-year-old enjoyed an emphatic season with French side Rennes last season. He scored 12 goals last season &#8211; including four in the Europa League [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2795,"featured_media":502445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2,30,28,25],"tags":[4090,40,3498,37,296,136],"class_list":["post-502439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-featured","category-news","category-transfers","category-watford","tag-ismaila-sarr","tag-premier-league","tag-rennes","tag-transfers","tag-watford","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Martin Hawkins","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}