Watford complete signing of left-back Kamara from Nice

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New Watford signing Hassane Kamara dribbling with the ball

Defender Hassane Kamara has joined Watford from French club Nice, the Premier League club have announced.

The 27-year-old left-wing back has signed a deal until June 2025.

The Ivory Coast international will not be involved in the African Nations Cup and could make his debut for Watford this weekend against Leicester in the FA Cup.

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Kamara started his career at LB Chateauroux before moving to Stade de Reims in 2015, where he won the French second division title.

He helped Reims qualify for the Europa League and earned a place in the 2019-20 Ligue 1 team of the season.

Kamara joined Nice last season and made over 50 appearances for the club in all competitions.

He made his debut for the Ivory Coast in June 2021, featuring in a 2-1 victory over Burkina Faso.

Elsewhere, Thomas Tuchel has insisted that Romelu Lukaku “did not intentionally” attempt to disrupt Chelsea ahead of their game against Liverpool.

Lukaku was left out of Chelsea’s squad for their clash against Liverpool over the weekend.

In the build-up, Lukaku stated that he was “not happy” with his current situation at Chelsea.

Chelsea are back in action on Wednesday night. They face Tottenham at Stamford Bridge in the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final.

Lukaku is expected to be involved against Spurs. As quoted by BBC Sport, Tuchel has suggested that the issue has been blown out of proportion.

“We have given it time to look calmly back on. He apologised and is back in the squad for today’s training,” said Tuchel.

“For me, the most important thing was to understand – and clearly understand – it was not intentional. He did not do this intentionally to create this kind of noise in front of a big game.

“Even before, when he seemed to be, in his opinion, ready to play after his injury from the start and we thought he needed to readapt to the intensity a little bit more, there was never the slightest behaviour against the team.”

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