Lloyd Dyer’s Watford career appears to be over despite Hornets boss Quique Sanchez Flores saying the club’s 25-man Premier League squad will not be decided until the end of August.

The winger, who has two years remaining on his current contract, hasn’t travelled to the Golden Boys’ last two pre-season friendlies after being left out of the respective match-day squads by the Watford head coach.

The Hornets’ Premier League campaign begins in ten days and given Dyer hasn’t featured since making a nine minute cameo against Paderborn on July 19, it is safe to say the 32-year-old is not in Flores’ plans for the forthcoming season.

The Golden Boys boss was asked if Dyer had a future at Watford following his omission from the squad that travelled to Cardiff last night.

Flores replied: “The squad is getting bigger and bigger. We have to wait a little longer to decide what the squad will be for the season. We have a month to decide who will be in the final squad.

“The players who are not playing now need to keep their confidence up. Sometimes the line-up that starts the season is completely different to the line-up that finishes.

“I always talk with the players who are not playing and I tell them ‘if you are not playing now, try and work because maybe you can advance in the side.”

When Flores was asked again if that meant Dyer could win back a place in the side in the future, he said: “It is impossible to predict the future.”

Dyer joined the Hornets last summer on a free transfer after leaving Leicester City, who had just won promotion to the Premier League.

He signed a three-year deal at Vicarage Road but found it difficult to hold down a place in the Golden Boys' first-team, largely due to the fact he didn't fit in to the 3-5-2 system used by then head coach Beppe Sannino.

When Dyer did play he impressed. However, after scoring against Rotherham United on August 19 his emotions got the better of him.

Nine minutes after coming on midway through the second half he scored his second goal in four matches and ran halfway across the pitch to shout angrily at Sannino. It was an incident that angered supporters.

The Hornets changed head coach three times in quick succession over the following month and a half but it didn’t help Dyer’s bid to win a place in the side.

Slavisa Jokanovic rarely played with out-and-out wingers and in December Dyer was one of five players the Serbian stopped training with Watford’s first team.

He was subsequently sent out on loan to Birmingham City, for whom he made 19 appearances in all competitions.

Dyer returned to Watford this summer for pre-season training and was believed to have been given a clean slate.

However, it seems he hasn’t been able to impress Flores sufficiently to guarantee a place in the Hornets side or squad for their Premier League campaign.