Watford have confirmed their acquisition of 18-year-old defender Ben Wilmot from League Two outfit Stevenage, with the teen signing a five-year contract at Vicarage Road.
Wilmot graduated from Stevenage’s Category three academy, a small operation on a tight funds, in October 2017 and has since gone on to make 13 first group appearances for the Boro all through the course of the 2017/18 season.
The younger defender, who grew to become Stevenage's first ever participant to be known as up for worldwide obligation when he featured in England's Under-19 squad in March, accomplished his transfer to the Premier League on Thursday, signing for Watford for an undisclosed price believed to be price round £1m.
Wilmot had attracted a nice deal of consideration from throughout the Premier League as a consequence of his top quality performances on each an worldwide and home degree, with the 18-year-old defender being named because the 2017/18 League Two Apprentice of the Year.