Watford striker Matej Vydra is a target for a number of Championship clubs according to reports.

The 23-year-old Czech Republic international has fallen down the pecking order at Vicarage Road since joining permanently from Udinese earlier in the summer and could be loaned out for the 2015/16 season.

HITC Sport understands that Nottingham Forest are leading the race for Vydra who scored 16 goals as the Hornets finished second in the Championship last season.

It is believed that Fulham, Brighton & Hove Albion and Reading are also keen on Vydra, who in two loan spells with Watford, has netted 38 goals but has yet to play a single minute in the Premier League under Quique Sanchez Flores.