Watford sign up 13 youngsters on deals of a year or more

Offers were made to a number within the Academy last month, and now pen has been put to paper by several of them.

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Those who have signed are:

George Abbott: 18-year-old defender, one year with an additional one-year option.

Hamzat Balogun: 18-year-old defender, one year with an additional one-year option.

James Collins: 18-year-old forward, one year with an additional one-year option.

Aidan Coyne: 19-year-old defender, one-year option exercised.

Charlie Davis: 18-year-old midfielder, one year with an additional one-year option.

Zak Fraser-Grante: 18-year-old midfielder, one year with an additional one-year option.

Luigi Gaspar: 19-year-old midfielder, one-year option exercised.

Dawid Hamiga: 18-year-old midfielder, one year with an additional one-year option.

Jonathan Macaulay: 18-year-old goalkeeper, two years with an additional one-year option.

Alfie Marriott: 19-year-old goalkeeper, two years with an additional one-year option.

Myles Roberts: 21-year-old goalkeeper, two years.

Laken Torres: 18-year-old forward, one year with an additional one-year option.

Victor Wachowicz: 17-year-old defender, one year with an additional one-year option.