Odion Ighalo is certain to stay at Watford beyond the January transfer window, according to the club’s captain.
Troy Deeney is confident strike partner Ighalo will remain at the club despite reported interest from elsewhere.
The Nigeria international has scored 14 Premier League goals this season, including netting in six consecutive games, to help his side sit eighth on the table.
And the 26-year-old has caught the eyes of the likes of AS Roma and Atletico Madrid, but Deeney insists Ighalo will stay at Vicarage Road.
His partnership with Deeney has been lethal, as the duo has scored 20 of Watford’s 24 goals on the season.
“He ain’t going in January,” he said.
“If no-one wanted any of our players, we’d be crap. So, come and want him as much as you want but I know Gino (Watford owner Giampaolo Pozzo) and it just wouldn’t make sense.
“Why would he sell a striker and want to stay in the league?
“The value of selling Odion for, what would he be worth? £20million, £25m? Or staying up and getting £200m? Simple business maths, he’s not going to sell him.”
