{"id":767705,"date":"2022-01-27T03:38:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T03:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/27\/ex-england-manager-named-new-watford-coach\/"},"modified":"2022-01-27T03:38:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T03:38:22","slug":"ex-england-manager-named-new-watford-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/27\/ex-england-manager-named-new-watford-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-England manager named new Watford coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"401\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/HODGSON-750x432-1-696x401.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"HODGSON-750x432\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Watford have appointed former England boss Roy Hodgson as their new manager on a deal until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Hodgson replaces Claudio Ranieri,\u00a0who was sacked on Monday after three-and-a-half months in charge, with Watford 19th in the table, two points from safety.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Roy Hodgson will be joined at Watford by his trusted assistant Ray Lewington, who managed the Hornets so admirably from 2002 until 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome back, Ray!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Watford Football Club (@WatfordFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WatfordFC\/status\/1486053782706339851?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Englishman has been out of work since leaving Crystal Palace at the end of last season.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>All parties will assess Hodgson\u2019s future at Watford at the end of the current campaign.<\/p>\n<p>At 74 years old, he is the oldest-ever manager in the Premier League, while the job at Watford is the 17th different club he has managed in a 46-year managerial career.<\/p>\n<p>Hodgson succeeds Ranieri, who had failed to turn around the team\u2019s fortunes since being appointed in October.<\/p>\n<p>The Hornets dropped into the Premier League relegation zone for the first time this season after\u00a0Friday\u2019s 3-0 home defeat to fellow strugglers Norwich.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"M8nulQ5cppY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"COVID-19 Updates: Facts, Figures and Differences \u2013 Adom TV (26-1-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M8nulQ5cppY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watford have appointed former England boss Roy Hodgson as their new manager on a deal until the end of the season. 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