News that Michail Antonio is training with Watford should please Hornets fans wanting to see their club strengthen in the striker department.
Luca Kjerrumgaard and Mamadou Doumbia both have room to develop and contribute this season, but it would be a big ask for them to carry the Hornets alone.
On the surface, the addition of Antonio - a player who boasts more than 250 Premier League matches and 68 goals - seems a good fit, adding some experience to the group while helping to guide and mentor the club's younger forwards.
The bigger question is on the pitch.
Watford sporting director Luke Dowling said last week he would like to add a striker with a different profile, one to try and get in behind and stretch teams rather than come to the ball.
There was no doubt about Antonio's pace, power, and ability to score goals in his peak but the former West Ham man has only played a handful of games for Qatari side Al-Sailiya, since a devastating car crash in December 2024. Antonio was lucky to survive, and was left with a broken leg in four places.
He has done remarkably well to come back and fight to play football again, and the fact he was close to signing for Premier League side Brentford last year suggests he is physically still very capable.
The 36-year-old perhaps now has the biggest point to prove of all. That he still has the ability that got him to where he was in English football.
And it's that desire, and that hunger, that might just make this one a clever move for the Hornets, if head coach Alessio Dionisi believes that enough of that ability remains.
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