Leicester have marked England back Anthony Watson in time for next season, the Premiership chiefs declared on Thursday.
Watson will be joined at Welford Road by veteran flyhalf Jimmy Gopperth, at present at Wasps, while the accomplished team of wing Chris Ashton and scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth have concurred new agreements with the Tigers.
The 28-year-old Watson has been down and out since experiencing a knee injury seven months prior however he could return for Premiership strugglers Bath before the completion of the ongoing effort.
A wing or fullback, Watson joined Bath from London Irish quite a while back.
Watson made his England debut in 2014 and has scored 22 attempts in 51 tests for his country.
He additionally been chosen for two visits by the British and Irish Lions, in New Zealand in 2017 and last year in South Africa, with Watson showing up in five tests for the consolidated side.
"Anthony is a-list player who has played at the most significant levels of the game over various seasons," Leicester lead trainer Steve Borthwick told the club's site.
The previous England skipper added: "It is extremely invigorating to add a player and individual of his type to what we are working at Leicester Tigers."
Watson said: "I need to find actual success, obviously, yet I additionally need to work on as a player. Also, Tigers is a climate where I accept I will actually want to turn into the best player I might conceivably be while, above all, being a section and adding to the group being all that it very well may be."
Ashton won the remainder of his 44 England covers in February 2019 and just joined Midlands side Leicester on a momentary arrangement recently.
In any case, the 35-year-old has demonstrated his value, with his full go-around against Bristol last month seeing him become the Premiership's untouched driving attempt scorer.
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