Watford summer transfers and net spend: Every confirmed signing and sale for the Hornets in 2026 window

Watford's 2025-26 season continued the club's trend of finishing well short of the playoff places, despite Gino Pozzo's ambition to return to the Premier League.

Another season of transfer churn ultimately resulted in a 16th-placed finish under Edward Still - the club's third manager of the campaign after Paulo Pezzolano and Javi Gracia - and he unsurprisingly lost his job at the end of the season.

Having finished 11th under Chris Wilder in 2022-23, the Hornets have since had to make do with 15th, 14th and 16th in the last three seasons, leaving them further from a return to the big time following their top-flight relegation in 2021-22.

Here, Sports Mole rounds up all of Watford's confirmed ins and outs during the 2026 summer transfer window, as well as looking at their net spend and latest transfer rumours.

Watford confirmed transfers in: Summer 2026

Omar Traore (RB, from Udinese, undisclosed)

Iker Bravo (FW | Undisclosed from Udinese)

Luca Kjerrumgaard (FW | Undisclosed from Udinese)

Martin Payero (CM | Undisclosed from Udinese)

Federico Ravaglia (GK | Undisclosed from Bologna)

Jordan Zemura (LB | Loan from Udinese)

Watford confirmed transfers out: Summer 2026

Nampalys Mendy (DM | Free Agent)

Myles Roberts (GK | Free Agent)

Tom Ince (RW | Tranmere Rovers) 

Nathan Baxter (GK | Undisclosed to Leyton Orient)

Pierre Dwomoh (CM | Released)

Jorge Hurtado (CF | Loan to Deportes Tolima)

Giorgi Chakvetadze (CM | Undisclosed to Udinese)

Vivaldo Semedo (CF | Loan to Alverca)

Tom Dele-Bashiru (CM | Undisclosed to Aris Thessaloniki)

Jorge Hurtado (CF | Loan to Deportes Tolima)

Watford net spend: Summer 2026

Watford total spend summer 2026: £0m

Watford total income summer 2026: £0m

Watford net spend summer 2026: £0m

When does the 2026 summer transfer window open and close?

The summer transfer window opened on Monday, June 15 for all English and Scottish clubs, and will run through to the first day of September.

This means that deadline day for the 2026 summer transfer window falls on Tuesday, September 1, with the window closing at 11pm GMT.