12:12pm Monday 29th June 2009
By Anthony Matthews
Watford are poised to make Carlisle United striker Danny Graham their second signing of the summer, reports suggest.
The 23-year-old is said to have held talks with Hornets boss Malky Mackay after rejecting a new contract at Brunton Park at the end of last season.
The capture of Graham, who would follow Scott Severin to Vicarage Road, would not be a surprise because chairman Jimmy Russo told the Watford Observer last week that Watford were “very close” to signing a new forward.
Carlisle are entitled to compensation for the former Middlesbrough player because of his age, but it is reported that this may be settled by a tribunal because an agreement has yet to be reached by the two clubs.
Carlisle rejected a £250,000 offer for Graham from Huddersfield Town in January after he had scored 16 goals by the end of that month, but the former Darlington, Derby County, Leeds United and Blackpool loanee then failed to find the net in his last 18 appearances of the campaign.
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