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By Chris Dunlavy

EDO KAYEMBE
WATFORD MIDFIELDER

BUZZING: Edo Kayembe celebrates scoring Watford’s clincher against rivals Luton last weekend
PICTURE: Alamy

EDO Kayembe was briefly a target for Ipswich last summer. If rumours are to be believed, Crystal Palace are now in the hunt.
So what is it about the Congolese midfielder that has Premier League scouts flocking to Vicarage Road?
Signed from Belgian side Eupen for a fee of £4m in January 2022, Kayembe spent the majority of his first two years at Watford struggling to justify his price tag.
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