Troy Deeney will not play for ­Watford until next year after being banned for four games, while ­Manuel Lanzini has lost his appeal against a charge of diving.

Two months after his “cojones” outburst at Arsenal, Deeney’s season has suffered further turbulence after the Football Association suspended him until early January.

Deeney was sent off in the first half against Huddersfield on Saturday, after a crude lunge on Collin Quaner, to become the ninth Watford player dismissed since the start of last season.

Watford lodged an appeal, but it was thrown out by the Football Association on Tuesday, ensuring the club captain will miss Premier League games against Brighton and Hove Albion, Leicester City, Swansea City and Manchester City. He will not be eligible to play until Watford’s FA Cup third-round tie at home to Bristol City on Jan 6.

It will be Deeney’s second lengthy suspension of the season, following his retrospective ban for a confrontation with Stoke City’s Joe Allen in late October. Deeney appeared to dig his thumbs into the face of Allen following a clash with the Wales international in the closing moments of the ­fixture.