Brighton join West Brom, Watford and Swansea in race for Crawley Town striker Max Watters – who has 16 goals in 18 games and the best minutes-per-goal ratio in England’s top four leagues
- Red-hot striker Max Watters has enjoyed a brilliant start to life at Crawley Town
- Watters has scored 16 goals in 18 appearances since joining the club in October
- The 21-year-old joined as a free agent but now has caught the eye of many clubs
Brighton have joined the list of clubs keeping tabs on Crawley’s prolific striker Max Watters.
Watters is a man in demand after making a stunning start to life at Crawley, scoring 16 goals in just 18 appearances since joining as a free agent in October.
Swansea have had a bid worth up to £500,000 rejected by League Two Crawley but his price tag could hit seven figures with the race to sign the 21-year-old is hotting up ahead of the opening of the January transfer window next week.
Crawley Town striker Max Watters is being monitored by Brighton, West Brom and Watford
West Brom and Watford have also made checks on Watters, as reported by Sportsmail, before Brighton became one of the latest clubs to run the rule over the former England schoolboys striker.
He has also been the subject of interest from League One and Belgium.
Watters’ scoring rate has given him the best minutes-per-goal ratio in England’s top four divisions, with the youngster netting once every 79 minutes.
And his appeal to his suitors has been further increased by the fact Watters would not count towards their salary cap value or need to be included in their squad list due to his age and date of birth.
Crawley signed Watters after he was released by Doncaster at the end of last season.
They are expected to activate their option to extend Watters’s initial one-year contract for a further 12 months until 2022.