Maduka Okoye Signs For Watford, To Join 2022-23 Season

Watford have signed Super Eagles goalkeeper Maduka Okoye on a long-term deal from Eredivisie side Sparta Rotterdam for an undisclosed fee. Okoye will however remain on loan at Sparta Rotterdam till the end of the 2021-22 season.

Watford confirmed the signing in a statement released on the club’s official website on Monday

Excerpts from the statement read:

” Watford FC is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement to sign highly-rated young goalkeeper Maduka Okoye, on a five-and-a-half-year deal that will begin on January 1, 2022.

The Nigeria international joins the Hornets for an undisclosed fee from Eredivisie outfit Sparta Rotterdam, to where he will return on loan until the end of the 2021/22 campaign”.

The 13-cap Nigerian international won Sparta Rotterdam’s 2020-21 Player of the Season in his debut season, helping the Dutch side to eighth place in the Eredivisie.

Okoye took to social media to speak of his excitement at fulfilling a childhood dream in playing in the English Premier League.

Okoye is set to join a growing Nigerian contingent at Watford, with William Troost-Ekong, Peter Etebo (loan), Emmanuel Dennis, and Tom Dele Bashiru who is currently on loan at Reading.

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