Watford midfielder Pereyra returns to Udinese

(Reuters) - Watford's Argentina midfielder Roberto Pereyra has returned to Serie A club Udinese on a permanent deal, the English second-tier Championship club said in a statement https://www.watfordfc.com/news/official-pereyra-returns-to-italy on Monday.

Pereyra scored 18 goals in 115 games in all competitions for Watford after his arrival from Italian club Juventus in 2016.

The 29-year-old previously played for Udinese from 2011-15, where he scored eight goals and had 10 assists in more than 100 games in all competitions.

Udinese are 14th in the Serie A standings.

(Reporting by Manasi Pathak in Chennai; editing by Clare Fallon)