Watford Football Club News

• Nickname:The Hornets
• Founded:1881
• Manager:Adrian Boothroyd

• Ground:Vicarage Road
• Capacity:20,800

King blow rocks Hornets

05 Nov 2006 - 09:32:52

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Watford striker Marlon King will miss the rest of the season after being forced to undergo surgery on a knee injury.

The 26-year-old was injured in the 3-0 defeat at Arsenal on October 14 and has now been forced to go under the knife.

Boss Aidy Boothroyd told the club's official website: "It is a blow to lose such an important player and a great character, but Marlon will be back and he will be stronger for it.

"Marlon went in for a routine operation on his cartilage and unfortunately they found some bone had flaked away from his femur."

Meanwhile, the Hornets have handed a new long-term contract to promising French winger Hameur Bouazza, keeping him at Vicarage Road until the summer of 2010.

The 21-year-old has progressed through the youth ranks with the club, signing his first professional contract in the summer of 2003.

This season Bouazza has been a regular starter for Boothroyd's side, netting an equaliser in the 1-1 draw at Wigan Athletic in late September.