Watford FC was delighted to announce the return of Emmanuel Dennis in January 2024, with the forward agreeing a loan deal with the Hornets until the end of the 2023/24 season.
Dennis featured 35 times for the club during the 2021/22 Premier League season - including two appearances in the cup - scoring 10 goals and grabbing six assists before moving to Nottingham Forest in August 2022, having last featured for the Hornets in the opening two Championship fixtures of the season.
He spent the first half of 2023/24 on loan with Istanbul Başakşehir, but made his return to Vicarage Road for the remainder of the campaign.
The Nigeria international first joined the club in June 2021, getting a goal and assist on his Hornets debut to help the side to a 3-2 win on the opening day of 2021/22 against Aston Villa.
He scored five goals over a six-game period between late November and early December, and earned a nomination for Premier League Player of the Month in November 2021.
Dennis started his career in Ukraine with Zorya Luhansk, before moving to Belgium to sign with Club Brugge.
A highlight of his time with the Belgian Pro League outfit was scoring a brace in the Champions League away at the Bernabéu as his side earned a 2-2 draw against Real Madrid.
He made 119 appearances for Club Brugge, scoring 29 goals, before joining the Hornets for his first spell with the club.
A move to Forest followed towards the end of the summer 2022 transfer window, where he started six times in the Premier League last season, scoring two goals.
Dennis' 2023/24 season started with a six-month stint in Turkey but will end back in yellow and black, with 25 once again on his shirt.
