By Matthew Jones
February 1 2010

Les Parry completes his second signing of the January transfer window as he strengthens the Tranmere strike force with 18 year old Marvin Sordell from Championship side Watford on a month long loan deal......

Tranmere Rovers have today completed their second signing of the January transfer window as they moved to sign Watford striker Marvin Sordell on a one-month loan deal.

The 18-year old is a promising prospect at Vicarage Road, having risen through the youth ranks and made four appearances for the Hornets, making his debut earlier this season against Sheffield United in a 2-0 defeat.

In his short career so far, the tall centre forward has scored one goal, this coming in a 2-1 defeat to Leeds in the Carling Cup for Watford, though he hasn't played a first team game since August.

However, Sordell has been a regular for the Watford reserve side so far this season and has done enough to convince Tranmere manager Les Parry to sign the striker.

In his Monday morning press conference, Parry mentioned going to watch a Watford Reserve game on Wednesday to have a look at a player, with Sordell clearly the player he was following.

The former Rovers physio has been attempting to sign a striker all month, and with deals for Liverpool and Manchester United strikers falling through, he will be delighted to have finally secured this signing today.

Tranmere have been short of goals recently, netting only three goals in their last six games, whilst their strikers have missed several chances, so this could be an important signing for the Wirral club as they look to beat the drop.

With Sordell signing on an initial one-month loan deal, Tranmere do have the option to extend the deal should the striker impress.

Talking to the media today, Les Parry spoke of his delight at securing the signing, telling Tranmere World....

"Marvin is a very promising young striker and I'm delighted to have him here on loan.  He's fast and strong and will be a good addition to our squad".

Sordell will be available for Tranmere's next match, a crucial game against Oldham at Prenton Park on Saturday.

Rovers Loan Watford Striker Sordell

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Journeyman79
01/02/2010 17:24

Very shrewed signing. When I heard about this signing I thought we could end up with another dud until the end of the season, tho the initial one month period with an option to extend i think is a great piece of business.

If he comes in and does well we have him wrapped up til summer, if he doesn't, its only costing us for a month.

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Therovers7
01/02/2010 16:55

signed on a months loan from watford! avnt seen nothink of him hopefully puts the ball in the net!!

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DevonExile
01/02/2010 17:13

This is an odd one.watford have had problems up front and the lad is clearly not seem as ready for them, There is no obvious reason to think that he is better than Curran or Moore,A youngster from a big club may be a real diamond but held back because of the quality avilable to the club.Watford is not the same. I am not pre-judging the lad but on paper it looks an underwhelming short term loan

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TT Admin
01/02/2010 17:56

I guess just a month long loan suggests he's the stop-gap until Bas is back?

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Mikey
01/02/2010 17:57

A bit like Shotton then? No one had ever heard of him, only previous loan was to Altrincham wasn't it? He turned out to be great..

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tranmerepete
01/02/2010 20:24

Played four games for Watfordcan't be that bad. Even if he does not work out for us it's still a good boost. It will make the strikers work that little bit harder. People would moan if no one come in. You never know till you try

Every ball is a white ball............TRFC

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SWS
01/02/2010 22:18

cross my fingers we defo need something.

though Parry is a little stingy with his subs unless the lad gets lucky and hits the back of the net while on for the last 4 minutes i dont think a month will get him into the team.


tho id hope he dropped Gornell and give the new lad a start

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TT Admin
01/02/2010 22:29

Great review of what's gone on in January Matt!

As you say at the beginning it makes a change to see that much going on in January at Rovers!!

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