It’s been a long transfer window that has stretched well into the season and probably one where Watford players have been involved in more rumours than any other club in the same division.

There is still time left for more deals to be done, and head coach Rob Edwards stressed that he is at the heart of every decision and yields influence on each deal, both incoming and outgoing.

“With every transfer that the club does, in or out, I will have influence,” he said.

“That’s the way it has been since I arrived, I knew how the club worked before I came, and it’s the same now.”

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The transfer speculation throughout August has meant he has been in dialogue with other senior club officials every day.

“There are conversations daily between myself, Cristiano, Gino and Scott. It makes sense to discuss things daily at the moment because as people have seen, things can move very quickly.

“We are always thinking of the ‘what ifs’ and have things prepared. If a player leaves the club, we are ready. We’ve obviously been at the middle of some high-profile transfer gossip, and we know there is interest in our players. I have things ready, should we lose a player: there are irons in the fire and we will be able to move should we need to.”

Edwards explained that while how he influences transfers may vary from situation to situation, he is involved in every single one.

“In some instances, certainly earlier in the summer, I identified areas of the team where I thought we needed to recruit and I would explain why and then outline the sort of player, the attributes, the personality, the things I would want. Then later I would be given details of players that had been identified and I could make recommendations.

“In other situations I came to the table with names of players I knew fitted the sort of signing I would like to make, and the recruitment team would go away and see if that was possible.

“So I always have influence over every transfer, but as I’ve explained the degree of influence varies each time. What I always have is input. I’ve had an influence on every transfer we have made since I arrived and I have no problem with how we work.”

While Watford fans may have vastly varying opinions on the transfer the club makes, Edwards also pointed out that it’s the same at every other club – and all clubs will enjoy varying degrees of success in their dealings.

“One thing I think worth remembering is that every club, anywhere in the world, regardless of how they operate in terms of signing and selling players, will get some things right and some things wrong. There will be good transfers and there will be transfers that turn out to be mistakes.

“I’m not suggesting that we have got things wrong – it’s far too early to judge. Some players take time to settle in, some hit the ground running. If you’re coming from a different country that can be harder than moving a couple of hundred miles.

“But when I look at other clubs, both currently and in the past, there will be some deals where you the think the club has played an absolute blinder and others where you think they’ve had a nightmare.”

The head coach agreed that Watford’s way of operating with transfers was different to many others but he is happy working within that structure.

“At Watford, we do things differently to a lot of other clubs,” said Edwards.

“When you look at the fact we have three players that have attracted interest from Premier League clubs when I don’t think any other club in the Championship has that, then we are getting a lot right. Plus you have a young lad like Yaser Asprilla who already is showing what a potentially excellent player he is.

“Transfer dealings are never easy, we may do things differently to other clubs, but I’m involved in everything, I use my influence and nothing has changed in that respect.”

There was a largely unexpected outgoing that instantly became an incoming when Hassane Kamara was sold to Udinese for £16m and loaned straight back to Watford this week.

“I’ve got Hassane for the rest of the season,” said Edwards. “He’s an important player for us and right now the fact he is still here is what is key.”