Carlos Sanchez: Watford sign former Aston Villa midfielder for rest of season
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Carlos Sanchez has not played a first-team game since January 2020
Watford have signed former Aston Villa and West Ham midfielder Carlos Sanchez on a deal for the rest of the season.
The former Colombia international, 35, has been a free agent since leaving the Premier League Hammers in June.
Sanchez made 18 appearances in two years at the club and played 56 times for Villa from 2014-17, and has also played in Spain, Italy and .
He won the last of his 88 Colombia caps in their penalty shootout defeat by England at the 2018 World Cup.
The Hornets are light in central midfield after a January transfer window in which Etienne Capoue was sold to Villarreal, loanee James Garner departed for Nottingham Forest and Domingos Quina was loaned to Granada.
Nathaniel Chalobah is serving a two-game suspension and January recruit Dan Gosling missed Wednesday's win against Wycombe with a hamstring injury - leading to winger Philip Zinckernagel playing in the middle.
Meanwhile Tom Cleverley limped out of the Wycombe game with a knee issue, leaving Will Hughes as the club's only fully-fit senior midfielder.
Xisco Munoz's side are third in the Championship - level on points with second-placed Brentford - as they chase an instant return to the top flight.
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