When a family owns two different clubs, things are fairly simple.
That’s why the Pozzo family have never needed a group to oversee their plans for Watford and Udinese, as the two clubs happily sell or trade players to each other on a near yearly basis.
The latest of these was the sale of Ignacio Pussetto from the Serie A club to the Hornets, as the Argentine joined on a four-year deal against a fee of £7m.
Over the years, other players have done the trip in the opposite direction, as the likes of Sema and Stefano Okaka now enjoy life in Italy instead of England’s south east.
It’s a situation that pleases everyone at both clubs, and their directors are never shy to talk about it, much like Pierpaolo Marino did on Tuesday when speaking to Sky Italia.
He said, relayed by Udinese Blog: “I believe the fact a club like a Udinese can have such an important synergy and mutual symbiosis with a Premier League club is a big advantage for us on the market. It translates to situations like those of Sema or Okaka, which otherwise we wouldn’t have been able to get.
“Over there is Pussetto: there is a perfect exchange of positive energies that are a great advantage for Udinese. I see only positive and enriching aspects for Udinese’s realty”.
Before the Covid-19 pandemic situation took over, Udinese and Watford were in similar positions in their respective leagues, as the Italians were in 14th but only three points above the relegation zone, while Nigel Pearson’s side sat 17th in the Premier League above Bournemouth on goal difference.
