'I worry' - Watford legend makes claim ahead of season-opener with Millwall

Millwall will finally kick off their new season this Saturday when they take on Watford at The Den. Neil Harris’ men will be hoping to kick on this season after struggling last term, requiring a late surge to pull away from the relegation spots.

The additions of Japhet Tanganga and MacAulay Longstaff have been welcome ones for the Lions, but they will still want to add a couple of new players before the window slams shut at the end of the month.

Millwall will be hoping to get off to a fast start this weekend, and they will go up against a Watford side that has endured a tough summer after appointing Tom Cleverley as their new boss at the back-end of last season. The Hornets lost to Gillingham and Reading, struggling in pre-season.

Star man Ismaël Koné has left the club, while Rocco Vata and Moussa Sissoko have been the best of their incomings. Watford legend Troy Deeney has expressed his concern for the current situation surrounding Vicarage Road, telling Sky Sports: "I think he's got one hand tied behind his back.

"I'm nervous for him. Not because he's not good enough, because he's proved he's good enough and he knows his stuff. But I think Watford are in a huge transition at the moment in regards to the amount of finances that are available. If you are a fan that's older than five, you can remember the Premier League and the players that we had at that time. Any and every one of our former starting XI, fans would die for one of those players right now. We'd all walk back into the first team."

Speaking about Watford’s current squad heading into the new season, Deeney added: “I don't think he's got enough goals in the team at the moment. He could be losing big personalities, big characters, and probably your better quality players and having to do it with young kids. I worry for him because, as we know, Watford will not hesitate in making a change if they think things are wrong."