Watford chairman Scott Duxbury doesn't expect a busy summer market this year.

The club brought in ten new players last year, as well as making Tom Cleverley's move permanent, having signed 11 the previous summer. They have also been busy in the January window in each of the two seasons.

"Our scouting model is that we look at the best talent that is out there and we look to secure them," he told the At Our Place event hosted by the club.

"We are always continually improving, we are always adapting the squad but I think hopefully this summer there will be less activity than in previous seasons.

"We've created a team that we believe is going to be competitive in the Premier League. There's two leagues within that, and we try and create a team that is capable of winning the second league.

"That is always our aspiration, to be 'the best of the rest'. We will always trade on our terms. And, if we decide to trade it's because it is a significant transfer fee that will transform the technical ability of the club to move it to another level.

"With our scouting network we already have players identified should the market dictate a need for us to react."