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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=629 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD colSpan=3><DIV class=mxb><DIV class=sh>Watford will fight to keep King </DIV></DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=416><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=203 align=right border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><DIV>
<DIV class=cap>King has been out of action since mid-October</DIV></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Watford boss Aidy Boothroyd will fight "tooth and nail" to stop striker Marlon King leaving the club in the summer.
King, 26, who has been out with a knee injury since October as Watford fight against relegation, has been linked to Aston Villa, Blackburn and Bolton.
"I don't want Marlon to go anywhere," Boothroyd told the Watford Observer.
"You don't get rid of your best players unless you're offered ridiculous money. Marlon is one of our best players and I'll fight tooth and nail to keep him."
A move to Villa would reunite King and Ashley Young, who was sold for £9.65m in January.
But Boothroyd added: "Ashley was a different kettle of fish.
"We are, and always will be, a selling club because we can't compete with Manchester United or Chelsea but we will do all we can to keep our best players."
King scored 22 goals for the Hornets last season as they were promoted to the Premiership via the Championship play-offs.
He scored two goals this season before suffering a knee injury in mid-October that eventually required surgery, ruling him out of the current Premiership campaign.
Watford have struggled in his absence and their total of 19 goals this season is less than any other top-flight team.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<DIV class=cap>King has been out of action since mid-October</DIV></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Watford boss Aidy Boothroyd will fight "tooth and nail" to stop striker Marlon King leaving the club in the summer. King, 26, who has been out with a knee injury since October as Watford fight against relegation, has been linked to Aston Villa, Blackburn and Bolton.
"I don't want Marlon to go anywhere," Boothroyd told the Watford Observer.
"You don't get rid of your best players unless you're offered ridiculous money. Marlon is one of our best players and I'll fight tooth and nail to keep him."
A move to Villa would reunite King and Ashley Young, who was sold for £9.65m in January.
But Boothroyd added: "Ashley was a different kettle of fish.
"We are, and always will be, a selling club because we can't compete with Manchester United or Chelsea but we will do all we can to keep our best players."
King scored 22 goals for the Hornets last season as they were promoted to the Premiership via the Championship play-offs.
He scored two goals this season before suffering a knee injury in mid-October that eventually required surgery, ruling him out of the current Premiership campaign.
Watford have struggled in his absence and their total of 19 goals this season is less than any other top-flight team.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>