The Hornets striker, who spent last season away from Vicarage Road, is reportedly interesting Lazio and Fiorentina – both two-time Serie A champions – plus Lecce and Udinese.
Watford striker Stefano Okaka has emerged as a transfer target for a number of Italian clubs, according to a report in Corriere dello Sport.
The 30-year-old has been with the Hornets since the summer of 2016 but has been out of favour at Vicarage Road for some time now and spent most of last season on loan at Udinese.
In an interview with Tuttomercatoweb, Carlo Okaka – the player’s brother and agent – admitted that the Italy international’s “marriage with Watford has come to an end” and a new club was being sought, preferably in their home country.
According to Corriere dello Sport, Serie A new-boys Lecce are hoping to bolster their attacking ranks and have earmarked Okaka as a possible transfer target, but Lazio and Fiorentina – both two-time national champions – plus former loan club Udinese are also after his services.
Okaka joined Watford from Anderlecht on a five-year contract in the summer of 2016 for £5.4million, according to Transfermarkt, and made 20 appearances for the Vicarage Road side in 2016-17, but by the following season he was struggling for game time, with just 16 appearances and three Premier League starts (Transfermarkt).
By the following season he was struggling for game time, with just 16 appearances and three Premier League starts (Transfermarkt), and last term, he only made two Premier League appearances before heading out on loan to Udinese for the campaign.
Okaka, capped four times by the Azzurri, counts Roma, Parma and Sampdoria amongst his former clubs, and also played on loan at Fulham in 2010 (Transfermarkt).
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