Watford sign Williams

Watford have completed the signing of Scotland midfielder Gareth Williams from Leicester for an undisclosed fee.

The 25-year-old has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with the Barclays Premiership strugglers and becomes manager Adrian Boothroyd’s fifth signing of the current transfer window, following Moses Ashikodi, Will Hoskins, Lee Williamson and Steve Kabba to Vicarage Road.

Williams, who completed a medical this morning, joined Leicester from Nottingham Forest for £500,000 (€750,000) in 2004, but the Glaswegian’s contract was due to expire at the end of the season.