For me when I saw him play in the away game at Huddersfield two years ago it signalled the start of the new era. He showed style and verve and the team played in a way reminiscent of the golden era of the 80s..... Watford were back. Now he has gone....... I think he will forever have a place in the hearts of so many of us at Watford
From Wiki Club career Born in Rosario, Argentina, by Italian parents, Forestieri's career began in 2003 with Newell's Old Boys. Later on that year, when he was just 13, Boca Juniors bought Forestieri for $50,000. During his time at Boca, Forestieri continued to develop as a player and was earning comparisons to Asmoah Gyan. With his parents returning home, Forestieri left Boca to join Genoa at the age of 16. Genoa In January 2006, Genoa signed Forestieri on a three-year contract. Boca tried to keep the young player, but failed to do so.[2] In March, Boca contested the regularity of the transfer and, refusing a €300,000 indemnification from Genoa, the Argentine club submitted the case to the AFA.[3] That summer he played some friendly matches with Genoa, and in one of them Torino president Urbano Cairo saw Forestieri in action and offered €500,000 for him, but Genoa refused.[4] On 25 July 2007, Siena announced that they had signed Forestieri from Genoa in a co-ownership deal,[6] for €1.7 million,[7] to compensate the transfer debt to Siena involving the transfers of Andrea Masiello and Abdoulay Konko to Genoa.[8] He made his Serie A debut on 26 September, coming off the bench in a match against Atalanta. On 13 January 2008, Forestieri scored his first goal for Siena after being brought on as a substitute against Internazionale in a 3–2 loss. On 25 June 2008, Genoa acquired the entirety of his transfer rights for €4.5 million (with Siena acquiring half of Manuel Coppola for €1.5 million[9] and the full rights of Abdelkader Ghezzal for €3.5 million[10]), successively loaning him out to Siena for another season,[11] but in the first part of the season with coach Giampaolo he played only in two games. In January 2009, he was loaned to Vicenza in Serie B, where he scored 5 goals in 19 appearances. Udinese In July 2009 Forestieri agreed for a move to La Liga, joining Málaga on loan from Genoa and Udinese.[12] He was sold to Udinese Calcio in co-ownership deal on 28 July, for €1.5million.[13] He scored his only goal for the club on 20 December 2009 in 2–1 win against Mallorca. In summer 2010 he failed to find a new club and stayed at Udinese's youth team. Udinese held some club friendlies for players pending to leave, credited the team as Udinese B. He failed to leave the club and played for Udinese's Primavera youth team. In January 2011 he had been sent to Serie B club Empoli.[14][15] On 15 July 2011 he was signed by newly relegated Serie B team Bari along with Zdeněk Zlámal.,[16] which Udinese bought him outright from Genoa on 7 July. He would be a potential replacement of Paulo Vitor Barreto who was bought back by Udinese in June. Watford On 31 August 2012, Watford signed Fernando Forestieri on loan from Udinese. He scored his first goal against Huddersfield Town on 29 September and then got sent off three days later against Charlton Athletic. Watford goalkeeper Manuel Almunia has claimed to see likenesses to Lionel Messi and says he has a bright future, but must avoid getting involved with referees.[17] Forestieri scored his second Watford goal against Leicester City in November which proved to be the decider as Watford emerged as 2–1 winners. Forestieri became an instant hero at Vicarage Road and was nicknamed Fessi by the Watford faithful – again a reference of his likeness to his Argentine compatriot Lionel Messi. On Monday 14 January 2013, the striker signed a permanent five-and-a-half-year deal with the club. Forestieri scored his first goals as a permanent Watford player against Sheffield Wednesday on 5 March 2013 – netting a brace at Vicarage Road in an emotional 2–1 win where Forestieri was spotted crying and kissing the Watford badge after the final whistle, and three weeks later Forestieri scored another brace, this time against Burnley on 29 March 2013.[18] Sheffield Wednesday After a below par 2014-2015 season (despite winning promotion to Premier League) with Watford, scoring only 5 goals in 25 games, mixed with the combination of constant manager changes, Fernando Forestieri found himself sliding down the pecking order at Vicarage Road Forestieri found himself subject to immense interest from clubs in the Championship including Leeds, reading and Sheffield Wednesday. On 29 August 2015 Sheffield Wednesday completed the signing of Fernando Forestieri on a four-year deal, for an undisclosed fee believed to be around £3,000,000. Becoming the 14th summer signing by The Owls, and the 3rd signing to move from Vicarage Road to Hillsborough along with former Hornets Lewis McGugan and Daniel Pudil as head coach Carlos Carvalhal and chairman Dejphon Chansiri looked set to continue their goal of revolutionising Sheffield Wednesday.
I agreed with a lot of what you've said on other threads but will stop short of your comment here. This sale was inevitable. He does what he wants to do and is a mercurial talent. He is not Messi, though with more application he would make a fine understudy. I am disappointed for him but more disappointed for Watford. Regrettably letting him go is the right decision.
A lovely guy who clearly enjoyed being at Watford after being shipped around. Unfortunately he is not consistent and far too easily brushed off the ball. I hope that he can get lots of game time in the Championship, but is he a PL player? I would doubt that he could make it and I also think that letting him go for his own sake is the right decision.
This side of the transfer window? Absolutely no idea whatsoever. Berghuis possibly? Or at least that's the plan I suppose. Like you I'm very disappointed in what I have seen so far but I'm not yet prepared to offer up dissent to the management either at The Vic or here. Not yet.
My point really !........I 'd love for him to be given more game time than Fessi has been and to be the exciting , attacking planB
yes.... but I think he was worth keeping... unless of course we are bringing someone else in... .and perhaps Diamanti is his replacement... Meanwhile much appreciation for what he gave to the club and the supporters..
Loved his skill on the ball and his tireless running; less keen on his delivery and the ease with which he fell over.
Thanks Yorkie - he deserves our applause. He will, in my view, forever be associated with his part in THAT goal and his celebration against Reading. Very sad to see him go but I think it's the right decision. Lovely man and I really hope he does well at his new club
Good to watch, but some of that defending was comical to say the least. I hope he gets the chance to meet some of them again.
