Troy Deeney has signed for his boyhood club Birmingham City.

The 33-year-old will join the blues on a two-year deal (subject to league clearance at this time), following his departure from Watford on Monday.

In 11 years with the Hornets, Deeney scored 140 times across 419 appearances as he twice captained them to promotion from the Sky Bet Championship.

Speaking to BCFC.com Deeney said: “Everyone knows that this is my team, I’ve made that clear in the past but if I was going to join Blues it had to be right for all parties.

“There is an added pressure playing for the club you support, carrying that greater weight of expectation.

“But pressure is what I thrive on, it’s what I have dealt with throughout my career, proving people wrong and silencing the naysayers but I am very aware this is my biggest task to date.

“Now it is time to do that once again. This is not a swansong. This is my next chapter, and it is time to work.”

Head Coach Lee Bowyer told the club’s official website: “I am delighted to bring in someone with his experience. He is a winner and wants to help get the club back in the right direction. He is also a very good player, scores goals, brings physicality and brings a togetherness.

“He knows what it takes and that is massive. He is a leader both on and off the pitch, to guide some of the others – especially younger ones looking up at him. 

"The player deserves a lot of credit because he has taken a big wage cut to come here and people won’t realise. He wants to play for this club and improve it."

In an emotional farewell message to Watford fans, Deeney said that he felt "tremendous pride" at what he has achieved at the club.

Among achievements include his famous stoppage-time goal against Leicester in 2013 that sent the Hornets to the Championship play-off final.

The striker, who joined Watford from Walsall in 2010, said: "It's weird being asked to express my feelings for Watford Football Club and the emotions attached to leaving this wonderful place.

"I feel sadness and a loss, similarly to like losing a family member. I feel excitement about my new journey and what's to come in the future.

"Most of all I feel tremendous pride for what I've achieved and the friendships and connections I've made.

"Watford literally has changed my life."