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OMER RIZA has expressed his hurt at being sacked as Watford Assistant after almost six years with the club.

HELENA COSTA, English football’s first and only female Head of Recruitment, has left Watford after less than a year.

GIANLUCA NANI has returned to Watford as Sporting Director, replacing Cristiano Giaretta.

SLAVEN BILIC has brought his long-time assistants Dean Racunica and Danilo Butorovic with him to Watford, while the club have performed a u-turn and retained Sporting Director Cristiano Giaretta.

WATFORD Sporting Director Cristiano Giaretta has left the Championship club after two years. The Italian joined in August 2020 from Bulgarian side CSKA Sofia.

THREE staff have left Watford with manager Claudio Ranieri, with Roy Hodgson and Ray Lewington coming in in their place.

WATFORD Head of Performance Jordi Garcia has left the club after less than four months. The Spaniard, who has previously worked for Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and Real Madrid, was appointed in July when his compatriot Xisco Muñoz was Head Coach.

NEW manager Claudio Ranieri has taken a trio of Italian assistants with him to Watford - assistants Paolo Benetti and Carlo Cornacchia and fitness coach Carlo Spignoli.

CLAUDIO RANIERI is set to be announced as Watford’s new Head Coach later today following the sacking of Xisco Muñoz yesterday.

JORDI GARCIA has been appointed as Head of Performance at newly-promoted Watford. The Spaniard, who has previously worked at Barcelona and Real Madrid, replaces compatriot Moises de Hoyo, who left at the end of last season for family reasons.

WATFORD Head of Performance Moises de Hoyo is leaving the club after four months after “one of the most difficult decisions in my life.”

FORMER Watford midfielder Richard Johnson has been appointed as the club’s new Academy Director, with Jimmy Gilligan taking up the role of Head of Technical Development.

WATFORD Academy Manager Richard Thomas has left the club with immediate effect after two years in post.

WHY newly-promoted Watford are the only team in England to use gpexe, an Italian GPS system developed to provide insights into metabolic output.

FILIPPO GIRALDI has admitted that Watford “are not a club that leaves the coach alone and lets him get on with the job” in his first interview since leaving his job as Technical Director at Vicarage Road.

WATFORD have made their fourth change of Head Coach and assistants in a year, with Spaniard Xisco Muñoz replacing Vladimir Ivic at the helm.

HAYDEN MULLINS has left Watford after four years to become assistant to Steve Ball at League Two Colchester United.

CRISTIANO GIARETTA has been appointed as Watford's new Sporting Director as the club continues to restructure following relegation to the Championship.

MIGUEL RIOS, Opta Pro’s Head of Football, has joined Watford to play a prominent role in their scouting and analysis operations.

DO football clubs need to change their approach to chronic pain? Richmond Stace is a specialist 'pain coach' who has worked with several teams.

GOALKEEPER Ben Foster says Watford have thrived under Nigel Pearson because the team was “crying out” for a manager and not a coach.

NIGEL PEARSON has retained Hayden Mullins and Graham Stack on his Watford coaching staff following their two games in caretaker charge of the team.

CRAIG SHAKESPEARE is to join new Watford manager Nigel Pearson as his assistant, with the rest of the new coaching staff due to be named within the next 48 hours.

WATFORD have had 10 managers in seven years, entire changes of the backroom staff and the highest turnover of players - yet it is all part of their strategy and seems to work.

FORMER Notts County assistant Richard Thomas has been appointed Academy Manager at Premier League Watford.

WATFORD manager Javi Gracia says he only shouts at his players if they are winning.

WATFORD have suspended Head of Academy Darren Sarll following allegations of bullying.

ANDY SCOTT has been promoted to Sporting Director by Watford after a year as Football Recruitment Director.

FORMER Stevenage manager Darren Sarll has been appointed Head of Academy by Watford following the resignation of Chris McGuane last month.

WATFORD are introducing a B team next season in an attempt to bridge the gap between their Academy and first team.

NEW Watford manager Javi Gracia appoints Iñigo Arteaga, Juan Solla, Jesús Casas and Zigor Aranalde as his assistants.

Richard Collinge, Watford’s former Head of Medical, has brought a discrimination case against the club, claiming he lost his job because he was English.

ALEC CHAMBERLAIN is leaving Watford after two decades as player and coach - leading their former Academy boss to say the club 'has finally given up the last piece of its soul'.

SOUTHAMPTON have lost the lowest number of days to injury so far this season, while Watford have experienced the most.

WEST BROM won the Premier League fitness title in 2016/17, with the lowest number of significant injuries and days lost to injury.

WATFORD haven't just appointed a new manager - they've appointed a new management team.

WATFORD are again looking for an almost an entirely new first-team coaching staff following the sacking of Walter Mazzarri.