Monday 4th Oct.2021: Former Chelsea and Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri has signed and completed agreements to take charge of English Premiership side Watford who have gained seven points from their opening seven league games ; Watfords last manager Xisco Munoz's last match in charge was a 1-0 defeat against Leeds at Elland Road on Saturday.
Claudio Ranieri arrived at Watford's training ground this morning after agreeing to become the club's head coach.
The Italian, who guided Leicester to the Premier League title in 2016, left his role as Sampdoria manager at the end of last season.
Watford sacked head coach Xisco Munoz after less than 10 months in charge on Sunday morning, with the club 14th in the Premier League with seven points from their opening seven games.
Spaniard Munoz replaced Vladimir Ivic in December 2020 and guided the club to automatic promotion from the Championship last season.
With this new appointment Ranieri now becomes Watford's 13th different permanent boss since the Pozzo family completed their takeover of Watford in 2012.
Ranieri, who will turn 70 later this month and has also managed Chelsea and Fulham, is well known by the Watford owners with it believed he has been a candidate for the role in the past.
