Claudio Ranieri: Watford in talks to nominate Italian after sacking Xisco Munoz as head coach

Watford are in talks to nominate Claudio Ranieri as their new head coach after sacking Xisco Munoz.

Ranieri, who guided Leicester Metropolis to the Premier League title in 2016, left his function as Sampdoria supervisor on the finish of final season.

Watford sacked head coach Xisco Munoz after lower than 10 months in cost on Sunday morning, with the membership 14th within the Premier League after successful seven factors from their opening seven video games.

Ranieri, who will flip 70 later this month and has additionally managed Chelsea and Fulham, is understood very effectively by the Watford homeowners and Sky Sports activities Information has been advised he was a candidate for the managerial job up to now.

Watford are anticipated to have a brand new boss in cost forward of their subsequent Premier League recreation at house to Liverpool on October 16.

Spaniard Munoz changed Vladimir Ivic in December 2020 and guided the membership to automated promotion from the Championship final season.

Munoz’s final match in cost was a defeat towards Leeds at Elland Highway on Saturday – described as a “1-0 battering” by goalkeeper Ben Foster.

“The board feels latest performances strongly point out a detrimental pattern at a time when group cohesion needs to be visibly enhancing,” the membership mentioned in an announcement.

“The Hornets will all the time be grateful to Xisco for the half he performed in securing final season’s promotion and want him effectively for his future profession in soccer.

“No additional membership remark will likely be accessible till the approaching announcement of a brand new head coach.”

Amid an overhaul of the membership’s squad following their promotion, Watford noticed captain Troy Deeney go away after an 11-year keep whereas first-team regulars Will Hughes and Nathaniel Chalobah additionally left.

Munoz, who’s the primary supervisor to be sacked within the Premier League this season, began the brand new marketing campaign with a 3-2 win towards Aston Villa at Vicarage Highway.

Nevertheless, 4 defeats in six league video games have adopted that win, with their solely different victory coming at fellow newly-promoted aspect Norwich.

Watford additionally exited the Carabao Cup on the third spherical stage to Championship membership Stoke final month.

Munoz’s departure means the membership are in search of their thirteenth totally different everlasting supervisor because the Pozzo household accomplished their takeover of Watford in 2012.

Who would take the Watford job now?

Talking on Tremendous Sunday Matchday, Every day Mirror assistant editor Darren Lewis advised Sky Sports activities Information: “In case you sack a supervisor seven video games in then you definately make your job discovering a alternative for him even more durable.

“I keep in mind after they have been in search of someone to take the job earlier than Xisco and that search took a very long time.

“They’ve had 16 managers (together with caretakers) within the final 10 years – that could be a membership with no longevity. Even should you do effectively, even should you do what they’ve requested you to do, you aren’t getting the time and respiratory house to have the ability to construct in your work.

“Who would wish to take that job now?”