Five Super Eagles stars including William Troost-Ekong, Emmanuel Dennis, Samuel Kalu, Maduka Okoye and Oghenekaro Etebo will be playing in the English Championship next season, after Watford were officially relegated from the Premier League on Saturday.
The Hornets were 12 points from safety with four games remaining prior to Saturday’s fixtures, meaning anything less than three points wouldn’t have been enough.
Watford’s relegation was confirmed after they lost 1-0 away to Crystal Palace thanks to a Wilfried Zaha first half Penalty.
Emmanuel Dennis and Williams Troost-Ekong featured in the game why Etebo and Kalu were benched.
Etebo joined Watford on loan from Championship club Stoke City while Maduka Okoye will move to the Hornets next season from Sparta Rotterdam.
The Hornets were reduced to 10 men following the sending off of Hassane Kamara for a second bookable offense.
Recall Watford only gained promotion to the English topflight last season and have now suffered the drop with Norwich.
Palace opened the scoring in the 31st through Zaha after Kamara was penalized for handball.
Watford have endured a poor campaign after winning promotion last season, finishing second in the Championship. They’ve picked up just 22 points from their 35 Premier League fixtures – with only Norwich boasting a worst record this term.
