Watford forward Troy Deeney has scoffed at reports suggesting strike partner Odion Ighalo will be sold during the January transfer window.

Ighalo has scored 14 goals for the Hornets so far this campaign and Deeney believes suggestions the 26-year-old could be on his way out of Vicarage Road when the transfer window reopens are laughable.

"He ain't going in January," Deeney said in the wake of Monday's 2-1 loss to Tottenham.

"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 [Pozzo, the Watford owner] 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? £20m, £25m? Or staying up and getting £200m? Simple business maths, he's not going to sell him.

"Odion doesn't come in saying: 'I want to leave.' He'll just keep doing what he's doing. We just laugh at it."