The 32-year-old made the move to North West London in October 2025 after most recently playing his football in Turkey with Antalyaspor and Amedspor.

Assombalonga began his career in the youth set-up at Watford, where he signed his first professional contract. Having made numerous First Team appearances with the Hornets, Britt experienced regular men’s football out on loan with Wealdstone, Braintree Town and Southend United.

A season in League One with Peterborough United followed, where he made 58 appearances across all competitions, only missing out in three fixtures across the entire 2013-2014 campaign and scoring 33 goals.

The next seven years were spent in the Championship with both Nottingham Forest and Middlesborough, making a combined 230 appearances and scoring 77 goals in the second tier of English football; just narrowly missing out on promotion to the Premier League with the Boro.

Assombalonga then spent two years in the Turkish Sϋperlig with Adana Demirspor, before returning to Watford on a sixth-month contract in the second-half of the 2022/23 season, before returning to Turkey for the start of the 2023/24 campaign.

 The 32-year-old has also represented the Democratic Republic of the Congo on ten occasions with 3 appearances in the Africa Cup of Nations.