Watford will benefit from the club’s multilingual dressing room, according to new boss Quique Sanchez Flores.
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They will start the season with 10 new signings and boast 22 different nationalities. For us he understands perfectly the culture of the Premier League, the culture of the teams, the citizens in England.
Everton boss Roberto Martinez feels the fixture listing has been unkind to his aspect however has harassed the Toffees should get momentum going early of their Barclays Premier League marketing campaign. “We need to bring more three players into the squad”, Martinez said.
“I think this dressing room and these players are ready to remove the idea that we are candidates for relegation”.
Everton have been handed a rather fortunate start to the campaign, taking on a newly-promoted Watford side who enter the Goodison Park encounter with their fifth manager in 18 months.
Manager Quique Flores is eager to show his team’s wares in the Premier competitions beginning with a stable team in Everton.
Roberto Martínez’s squad had been struggling as of late, losing four and drawing one of their last six games, including friendlies.
Darron Gibson (abductor), Muhamed Besic, Steven Pienaar and Aiden McGeady (all hamstring) definitely miss out. Meanwhile, the likes of Jose Holebas from Roma, Sebastian Prodl from Werder Bremen and Steven Berghuis from AZ Alkmaar have turned the Hornets into a melting pot of worldwide talent.
And since acquiring Granada, the Spanish arm of their empire has won back-to-back promotion to reach La Liga – with Watford striker Odion Ighalo scoring in both play-off finals – and they have defied the odds to stay in the top flight.
Watford will be without suspended defender Miguel Britos while new goalkeeper Giedrius Arlauskis is also banned.
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“I think is advantage for us because when you are training more English players maybe it is hard to change but now I can change any habits very easily”, Flores said.
