Watford have completed their first signing of the Rob Edwards era by confirming the arrival of striker Vakoun Bayo.

The 25-year-old has moved to Vicarage Road on a five-year deal from RSC Charleroi, for whom he scored seven goals in 15 league appearances last season.

The Watford Observer reavealed last month that the Ivory Coast international was set to become the Hornets' first summer addition, having agreed terms to join the Hornets.

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With Joshua King and Cucho Hernandez having left Watford - and Emmanuel Dennis set to follow - strengthening the attacking forward options is a priority for the head coach, who believes Bayo could prove a smart signing.

Edwards told the Watford Observer last month: “I was aware of Bayo’s qualities, I’ve seen him in action and he can certainly head a ball, and that is important as part of the way I would like to play is to get the ball in the box.

“He has a good attitude in his work, and he’s a player that you can play the ball into and he’ll get hold of it. A player like Bayo could prove to be a very astute signing, if we get him into the right positions and get the right delivery to let him do what he’s good at.”

Having started his career with Etoile du Sahel in Tunisia, Bayo moved to Dunajska Streda in Slovakia before making a £2million move to Celtic in 2019.

A loan move to Toulose followed before Bayo, who is nicknamed The Crow, made the switch to Gent last summer.

Bayo then made a loan move, which became permanent, to Charleroi, helping the club to a sixth-place finish in the league.

The forward has scored a total of 48 goals in 119 appearances in all competitions.