Photo credit: AFP.

Photo credit: AFP.

Photo credit: AFP.

Watford have signed Morocco winger Nordin Amrabat from Spanish side Malaga, the Premier League club announced on Monday.

Amrabat, 28, agreed a three and a half year contract with the Hornets and will link up with Quique Sanchez Flores’ squad after Monday’s league match at Swansea.

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“He has the qualities of the players we like,” Sanchez Flores said.

“He can play at number 10; he holds the ball, he can turn quickly with the strength of a striker and escape the defensive line.

“He can also play as a winger because he has that pace and velocity – the power that adds to the options of a team.”