Watford captain Troy Deeney admits his future at Vicarage Road is clouded.

Deeney continues to be linked with a January move to Newcastle United.

Writing in his programme notes for Saturday's game against Southampton, Deeney said: "It wouldn't be January — or any other transfer window for that matter — without there being some chat about my future here.

"Over the years since that's been a factor I've learned to deal with everything as a day-to-day matter and not be distracted from doing my work properly.

"I'm sure other people have different ways of putting things into perspective, but you've certainly got to have at least an idea of how you're going to box things off and let them pass by when there are people trying to put stuff right in your face. My family, for example, are no strangers to reading the papers and then asking questions.

"A player's life and a team-mate's life is like that in football. A bloke can have turned up for work one day and he's gone, going off somewhere else four or six hours later.

"So it's important to retain your focus on what's in front of you and not get too far ahead of yourself with big plans for this or that."