Perhaps not really to anyone's suprise, Watford striker Mathias Ranegie is reportedly considering a move away from Vicarage Road - as per comments from his agent Patrick Dark to the Swedish media.
Impressing at home
In 2009, as a 25-year-old, Ranegie showed a lot of promise, impressing for Swedish side BK Häcken, who had recently been promoted to Allsvenskan, Sweden's top flight for professional football. In two seasons at the club, Renegie scored 36 goals in 81 appearances, scoring 18 of them in just 22 games during his second season with Getingarna.
His form precipitated a move to Malmo FF - breaking the record transfer fee between two Swedish clubs - and after scoring 13 goals in 26 appearances, in August of 2012 Ranegie decided to move to pastures new, in order to ply his trade in Serie A with Udinese.
Unable to settle in
Watford's close links with Bianconeri Friuliani meant that when things didn't quite work out - Ranegie scoring just one goal in 24 appearances over two seasons for the Italian club - he was shipped off to the Hornets in the January 2014 transfer window.
Now 31-years-old, Ranegie has struggled to secure a starting position at Vicarage Road - despite scoring four goals in just 10 appearances, including two on his home debut in a 4-0 win over Blackpool back August 2014 - and his agent Dark now says Ranegie is looking to leave the club, perhaps in a move back to his native Sweden.
After moving down the pecking order at Watford, Ranegie has spent the best part of two seasons on loan at Championship side Milwall and Dalian Aerbin of China's League One division. He scored 11 goals in 28 appearances for the Chinese side, but Dark admits that Watford now have a "number of forwards" - such as Troy Deeney and Odion Ighalo - that have moved in front of Ranegie, and that he must "find a solution" after being told he his no longer needed at Vicarage Road.
