What’s happened to the 35 players that left Watford this past summer?
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Watford had a busy past summer as they prepared for life back in the Championship.
Rob Edwards was brought in as the new boss from Forest Green Rovers and brought in some reinforcements.
He also let some players leave the club permanently.
Here is where a look at where they have all gone...
Hassane Kamara, Udinese (loaned back)
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He will link up with his new club at the end of this season.
Emmanuel Dennis, Nottingham Forest
The Hornets were dealt a blow when Nottingham Forest came calling for the Nigeria international.
Dennis was one of 22 new faces at the City Ground but is yet to score for the Reds in five outings.
Cucho Hernandez, Columbus Crew
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The attacker has made a positive first impression in the MLS and has fired nine goals in 14 matches for Columbus.
Samir, Tigres
It is safe to say his time at Vicarage Road didn’t really go to plan and he is now playing his football in Mexico with Tigres.
Adam Masina, Udinese
The left-back spent the past four years in Hertfordshire but left after the relegation from the Premier League.
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Moussa Sissoko, Nantes
He moved over to England back in 2013 and played for Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur before joining the Hornets.
The midfielder is back in France now with Nantes and they finished 9th last season.
Philip Zinckernagel, Olympiacos
The winger helped Nottingham Forest gain promotion from the second tier during his temporary stint there in the last campaign.
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Kiko Femenia, Villarreal
He called time on his spell in England, for now at least, and moved back to Spain with Villarreal.
Right-back Mario Gaspar came the other way.
Josh King, Fenerbahce
Despite still having time left on his contract, the 30-year-old was allowed to leave in mid-July.
He moved to Turkey to link up with Super Lig outfit Fenerbahce and has since found the net three times.
Nicolas N’Koulou, Aris
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His manager is now former Newcastle and Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew.
Andre Gray, Aris
He also plays for Pardew’s side and was shown the door by the Hornets this past summer following his loan stint at QPR.
Gray has started well to life in Greece and has scored seven goals in nine matches.
Adalberto Peñaranda, Boavista
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He left for a few months ago and now struts his stuff for Portuguese top flight outfit Boavista.
Rob Elliot, Gateshead
The veteran goalkeeper was used as back-up in the last campaign.
Elliot, 36, joined National League side Gateshead as a Technical Director last month and is also registered as a player.
Pontus Dahlberg, IFK Göteborg
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He never made a senior appearance for the Championship side and was shipped out on loan five times, two of which were in England to Gillingham and Doncaster Rovers.
Danny Rose, free agent
The ex-Tottenham defender has a big decision to make on what to do next in the game.
Ben Foster, retired
He has called time on his playing career at the age of 39, despite revealing he had an offer from Newcastle to prolong his career.
U23s-
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Hide AdAs per the club’s official retained list, the following players were let go from the U23s:
Derek Agyakwa, Port Vale (on loan at Chorley)
Dante Baptiste and Dominic Hutchinson, Wealdstone
Kamil Conteh, Middlesbrough
Kane Crichlow, Episkopi
George Langston, Eastleigh
Kyreece Lisbie, Brentford
Josh O’Brien, Salford City
Dan Phillips, St Johnstone
Maurizio Pochettino, Gimnàstic de Tarragona
Henry Wise, New York Red Bulls II
Jack Broome, Jack Burchnell, Ryan Cassidy, Jimiel Chikukwa, Jordan Harrison, Andi Janjeva, Kyrell Lisbie & Adam Parkes, free agents
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