Felipe Caicedo to Watford: Hornets to sting Quique Sanchez Flores again with £13million bid for Espanyol striker

Aug 31, 2016

WATFORD are ready to sting Quique Sanchez Flores again by poaching striker Felipe Caicedo.

The former Hornets boss – who was unceremoniously axed this summer – is now in charge of Spanish side Espanyol.

Felipe Ciacedo — Caicedo has 59 caps for Ecuador and scored 19 goals
IMAGE: AP:Associated Press

Former Manchester City frontman Caicedo was the La Liga side’s top scorer last season.

But Flores may have to do without the Ecuador international as Watford line up a £13million bid.

Espanyol have already flogged starters Alvaro Gonzalez and Anaitz Arbilla this week and reports in Spain suggest Caicedo, 27, will follow them out of the today.

Follow all the latest deadline day moves and gossip in SunSport’s transfer blog

Quique Sanchez Flores was axed by Watford this summer and is now at Espanyol
IMAGE: Reuters

Sources in Spain claim that the Premier League side have jumped ahead of Deportivo La Coruna, Malaga and Celta Vigo in the race for the attacker with a big-money move.

Espanyol are keen for the deal to go through as early as possible on deadline day so they can bring in a replacement.

Caicedo was signed for City by Sven-Goran Eriksson for £5.2m in January 2008.

He scored four Premier League goals in 28 games for the club.

Premier League transfers: Club-by-club guide to the transfer deals completed in the Summer 2016 transfer window

What is a football medical and why do Premier League players sometimes fail them?

Why the high-tech, mega-money world of modern football still goes mad for fax machines on transfer deadline day