young began watford's 2006–07 premier league season well, scoring three times in the league, including a last minute strike in a 3–3 draw with fulham (he had also scored watford's second goal in the match), and a goal against middlesbrough, in watford's first win of the season in october. he also scored a free-kick in a 2–1 home win over hull city in the league cup. in the january 2007 transfer window, three unnamed clubs made £5 million offers for the under-21 international. watford rejected these approaches, as well as an offer of £7 million, again from an unnamed club. an improved offer of nearly £10 million from west ham united was accepted. however, young rejected the move, opting to wait for offers from clubs for whom relegation was not an issue.