Slaven Bilic: Watford sack head coach after less than six months in charge

Watford person sacked caput manager Slaven Bilic aft conscionable implicit 5 months successful complaint of the Championship club.

Watford person won conscionable 1 of their past 8 matches and are 4 points extracurricular the play-offs pursuing Saturday's goalless gully with Preston.

The Hornets are present looking for their ninth full-time manager since Javi Gracia near successful September 2019.

"We are each ambitious to win this season, truthful thing caller is needed rapidly portion the accidental of promotion is inactive real," method manager Ben Manga told the nine website.

"With the January transportation model over, to alteration manager is the lone enactment disposable to re-energise for the last games ahead."

Since Gracia was sacked conscionable 4 months aft taking the nine to the 2019 FA Cup final, Quique Sanchez Flores, Nigel Pearson, Vladimir Ivic, Xisco Munoz, Claudio Ranieri, Roy Hodgson, Edwards and present Bilic person each had spells successful charge.

Of those, Munoz led the nine to promotion to the Premier League successful 2021, but helium was sacked six months aboriginal to marque mode for Ranieri.

The Italian, who guided Leicester City to the Premier League rubric successful 2016, himself lone lasted 3 months earlier Hodgson was brought in.

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