Watford chief Darren Sarll is convinced by the potential of Ben Wilmot.

Sarll worked with Wilmot at Stevenage.

“First and foremost, he has a wonderful character and is a really great lad," Sarll said. “He has a great temperament, an icy temperament, and he never panics.

“We put him in the team in the third round of the FA Cup for me at Stevenage against Reading and it was like he was playing on a Saturday morning with the youth team.

“The temperament of a player and a human being in general is fundamental to what they do. Too many people in this game try and separate that from the playing side which you can't."