Soccer-Watford sign Canada midfielder Kone from Montreal

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LONDON (Reuters) - Canada's World Cup midfielder Ismael Kone has signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Watford, the English Championship (second tier) side said on Monday.

The 20-year-old Ivory Coast-born player joins for an undisclosed fee on Jan. 1 from MLS Eastern Conference side Montreal.

Kone featured in all of Canada's World Cup Group F matches against Belgium, Croatia and Morocco as a substitute and has nine international caps. Canada qualified for the World Cup finals for the first time in 36 years but left Qatar with three straight defeats.

 

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