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Watford transfer news: Hornets complete £10m signing of Italian striker Stefano Okaka from Anderlecht

WATFORD have completed the £10m signing of Stefano Okaka from Anderlecht.

The Italian striker, 27, becomes the club’s eighth signing of the summer – he joins on a five-year deal.

class="wp-caption alignnone" Stefano Okaka has joined Watford from Anderlecht for £10m
Stefano Okaka has joined Watford from Anderlecht for £10m
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class="wp-caption alignnone" The Italian scored three goals on loan at Fulham in 2010
The Italian scored three goals on loan at Fulham in 2010
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Walter Mazzarri has moved quickly to change the look of the squad that avoided relegation last season.

The signing of Okaka means the club have now splashed out around £60m on transfers this summer.

They paid a record £13m to Juventus for Roberto Pereyra two weeks ago before receiving £12.5m from Derby County for Matej Vydra last week.

Okaka scored 17 goals for Anderlecht last season.

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He previously spent a short time on loan at Fulham in 2010 under Roy Hodgson, scoring twice in 11 Premier League appearances and three in 13 in all competitions.

He has four Italy caps – plus one goal – although he didn’t make it into Antonio Conte’s squad for Euro 2016.

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