Rene Gilmartin relishing shot at the big time

When you’ve spent a career scrapping in every tier of English football, as Rene Gilmartin has, a promotion to the Premier League is treated with a healthy does of scepticism rather than elation.

Sure, the Dublin native is excited about playing in the ‘best league in the world’, but he’s also wary of the pitfalls that lie in wait for players who swap desire for complacency once they reach that promised land.

That certainly won’t be the case for Gilmartin, who is relishing the battle with Heurelho Gomes and Giedrius Ariauskis to become Watford’s starting goalkeeper under new manager Quique Flores.