{"id":608734,"date":"2022-01-25T07:59:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T12:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=608734"},"modified":"2022-01-25T07:59:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T12:59:43","slug":"watford-closing-in-on-roy-hodgson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/25\/watford-closing-in-on-roy-hodgson\/","title":{"rendered":"Watford Closing in on Roy Hodgson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/24\/watford-diego-martinez-claudio-ranieri-successor\/\" target=\"_self\">Watford<\/a> are close to appointing former <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/10\/michael-olise-premier-league-star\/\" target=\"_self\">Crystal Palace<\/a> and England manager Roy Hodgson as their new head coach, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1485810151441453056?t=sZN6No1NfHrlrhHF7mB0fQ&amp;s=19\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to Fabrizio Romano<\/a>. It is believed the 74-year-old will sign a short-term deal keeping him at Vicarage Road until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<h2>Roy Hodgson Close to Being Named as New Watford Manager<\/h2>\n<h3>Premier League Experience<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watford are working to appoint Roy Hodgson as new head coach in the coming hours. Final details to be discussed in the morning &#8211; Hodgson&#39;s waiting for his Premier League comeback. \ud83d\udfe1 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WatfordFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WatfordFC<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Two Italian managers were also in the list but Pozzo wants to go for Hodgson. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VWTrj5yOoL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/VWTrj5yOoL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1485810151441453056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Watford only <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/24\/watford-sack-manager-claudio-ranieri\/\" target=\"_self\">sacked Claudio Ranieri on Monday<\/a> after just three months in charge but the Hornets&#8217; hierarchy are close to finding a replacement.<\/p>\n<p>According to Romano, two Italian managers were on the Pozzo family&#8217;s shortlist but appear to be edging closer towards a move for 74-year-old Hodgson.<\/p>\n<p>During his four year tenure at Selhurst Park, Hodgson guided Palace to an 11th, 12th and two 14th placed top-flight finishes.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran manager has plenty of Premier League experience having, taking charge of West Bromwich Albion, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/20\/liverpool-recall-rhys-williams-from-swansea-city-loan\/\" target=\"_self\">Liverpool<\/a> and Fulham in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to spells in England&#8217;s top tier, Hodgson has managed four different international teams and has success at various European clubs.<\/p>\n<h3>A Big Job on his Hands<\/h3>\n<p>Hodgson will be under no illusion of just how difficult a task he will face. The Hornets dropped into the bottom three for the first time this season following defeat against relegation rivals <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/17\/doncaster-rovers-josh-martin-loan\/\" target=\"_self\">Norwich City<\/a> last time out.<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, but they are currently without a win in nine games in all competitions, losing eight, and have gone 30 top-flight games without a clean sheet.<\/p>\n<p>The club also have disciplinary issues. Since the start of the 2016\/17 season, the Hornets have picked up 18 red cards. Only <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/24\/young-arsenal-goalkeeper-karl-hein-reading-loan\/\" target=\"_self\">Arsenal<\/a> (19) have accumulated more in that time.<\/p>\n<p>Time will tell whether or not Roy Hodgson is the right man to keep Watford in the Premier League but what is a guarantee is that the Pozzo family will be looking to make the move sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"IBLMcsWQS0x8CDACb-qIDg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1319614693\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'IBLMcsWQS0x8CDACb-qIDg',sig:'KJwtMhHJncKC_oWWn9vSjbVwEQ3xPp0vWGQ7fZlz2zc=',w:'594px',h:'411px',items:'1319614693',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watford are close to appointing former Crystal Palace and England manager Roy Hodgson as their new head coach, according to Fabrizio Romano. It is believed the 74-year-old will sign a short-term deal keeping him at Vicarage Road until the end of the season. 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