Mario Balotelli's future could lay at Watford if recent reports are anything to believe.

The Liverpool striker is being linked with a surprise move to Vicarage Road following reports that Hornets owner Giampaolo Pozzo is set to go after the Italian firebrand.

Balotelli flopped at Anfield last season, scoring just four goals after joining from AC Milan for £16million last summer, and is expected to be sold before the end of the summer transfer window.

Sky Sport Italia initially reported Watford's interest in Balotelli and it is understood that Pozzo is firmly considering making a £7million bid for the 25-year-old who is also on the radar of Serie A club Sampdoria.