Having asked former technical director Ben Manga and previous sporting director Cristiano Giaretta, it seemed only right to ask Gian Luca Nani as well.

Is he obliged, or under pressure, to deal with any particular agents?

The answer was swift and firm.

“No,” he said, “I have zero agents that I must work with.

“I will talk to anybody – the biggest agent in the world, or the one who has just started his first job.

“It just is my duty to do the best for Watford.

“If we have a great player coming to the club and he has a particular agent, then I have to take care of that.

“I am completely open to anyone, and of course there are some agents that I am closer to than others.

“The key thing about any agent is that they have to bring a player that is good for Watford.

“The club is the boss. If an agent presents me with a player that will work for what the club needs, then I will work with that agent.

“But I am not under any pressure at all to work with any particular agent.”

Is that a change, did Nani have to use particular agents more than others during his first spell at Vicarage Road between 2012 and 2104?

“No, it was the same case when I was here before. I do not recall having to work with any particular agent,” he said.

“If the right player comes with this agent, I do the deal with this agent. If he comes with that agent, I do the deal with that agent.

“It has to be a player that the coach is happy with.

“I know that in England there are some agents that are closer to some clubs. That’s fine: if you are bringing me a player that works for us, I welcome you.

“But if you are showing me a player that in my opinion is not right for us, I will tell you.

“If we have a player that is right and that we need, I don’t care where they are coming from.”

Having returned to his self-proclaimed home, what does Nani think Watford can achieve this season?

“I am a dreamer. That is me. What should I say?!

“When you are a Championship club, you are not competing for the Champions League or to qualify for European competitions.

“You are either fighting to stay away from the relegation zone, or you are trying to go to the play-offs.

“I am looking at the second of these.

“This is a transition season but it is also our duty to try and achieve the very best that is possible.

“When we get to March we can see where we are, but right now we are four points from the play-offs and 14 points above the relegation zone.

“It is our job to be respectful to the club and to our fans to try and win every single game.

“If we play a team that is better than us, then we shake their hands and we say well done.

“But every time we go out on the pitch we have to give everything, in every moment of every game.

“Step by step, in every game, this team is growing up.

“I would be stupid to sit here and make promises about results. Football is not mathematics.

“But what I can promise is that all of us will do all we can to achieve the maximum.”