Watford not signing Claudio Beauvue but former Chelsea man Enrique De Lucas should play tonight (From Watford Observer)

Watford not signing Claudio Beauvue but former Chelsea man Enrique De Lucas should play tonight

5:00pm Monday 27th July 2009

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Watford will not be attempting to sign trialist Claudio Beauvue but former Chelsea midfielder Enrique De Lucas could be in line for a move to Vicarage Road.

Beauvue has been on trial with the Hornets for almost two weeks and has played in their last two pre-season friendlies against CF Balaguer and Wealdstone.

But today the club have confirmed they will not be following up their interest in the 21-year-old and the Troyes winger has now left their pre-season tour of Spain.

His place has been taken by De Lucas, who spent a year at Chelsea in 2002, where he made more than 30 appearances in total.

The 30-year-old is expected to feature in Watford’s pre-season friendly tonight against UE Lleida.

De Lucas was only at Stamford Bridge for a year as the Blues sent him back to Alaves in the summer of 2003 because the Spanish club claimed they had agreed a pre-contract agreement with De Lucas before his move to Chelsea.

This led to a legal battle between De Lucas and the Blues, with the midfielder claiming in the region of £2.5m and it took until 2005 for the two parties to come to an agreement.

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