English club Watford part ways with Kenyan midfielder.

English Premier League side, Watford have confirmed the release of 13 youth team players, among them Kenya U23 midfielder Henry Ochieng.

Ochieng joined the club in January from Irish club, Cork City Football Club. He was absorbed in the Watford U23 team but the club has now opted to do away with the attacking midfielder.

“The following 13 players will leave the club: Mac Chisholm, Thomas Horsewood, Max Thompson, Phoenix Patterson, Bayli Spencer-Adams, Maxwell Statham, Mason Barrett, Sam Dalby, Harry Forster, Teddy Perkins, Toby Stevenson, Mitchel Bergkamp and Henry Ochieng. All at Watford FC wish the best of luck to these departing youth players in their future careers,” read the statement from Watford.

Ochieng started his career at West Ham Academy before moving to Leyton Orient academy. He turned out for Leyton senior team between 2016 and 2018 before moving to Braintree Town. He would later turn out for Welwyn Garden City and Wingate & Finchley before moving to Cork City in 2020

Born in London to Kenyan parents, Ochieng made his debut for Kenya U23 against Mauritius on 14 November 2018 in the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification after coming on as a sub.

Watford have also confirmed that 18 other players have been offered one-year deals.

“A further 18 academy players remain under contract until next summer: Ryan Andrews, Shaq Forde, Will Hall, Damani Hunter, Adian Manning, Alfie Marriott, Freddie Moriarty, Enoch Muwonge, Ben Smith, Tiago Cukur, George Langston, Sonny Blu Lo-Everton, Derek Agyakwa, Maurizio Pochettino, Myles Roberts, Ryan Cassidy, Joseph Hungbo, Henry Wise,”