{"id":1117859,"date":"2019-12-01T12:55:57","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T12:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1117859"},"modified":"2019-12-01T13:12:16","modified_gmt":"2019-12-01T13:12:16","slug":"watford-sack-quique-sanchez-flores-official","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/watford-sack-quique-sanchez-flores-official\/","title":{"rendered":"Watford sack Quique Sanchez Flores after one win in 10 league games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Watford have confirmed the departure of head coach Quique Sanchez Flores following their 2-1 defeat to Southampton.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Flores only returned to the club for a second spell back in September, replacing fellow Spaniard Javi Gracia following the Hornets&#8217; poor start to the season.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Familiar territory for Watford: Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Flores replaced Gracia on September 7th for a second spell at Watford.<\/li>\n<li>But the Spaniard managed just one win in 10 Premier League games.<\/li>\n<li>The Hornets are bottom of the table following their 2-1 defeat to Southampton.<\/li>\n<li>Watford CEO Scott Duxbury says the appointment of a replacement head coach is &#8220;imminent&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>This is the earliest a Premier League team has ever seen two permanent managers leave after the start of a season, beating Southampton&#8217;s record of December 8th in 2004\/05.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7437001\/embed\/v4?image_option=full\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nBut the 54-year-old has been unable to inspire a turnaround in the club&#8217;s fortunes, winning just two of his 12 games in charge across all competitions \u2013 and just one in the Premier League \u2013 conceding 23 goals and scoring just nine.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of their poor form, Watford are languishing at the bottom of the Premier League table, six points from safety, with Watford Chairman and CEO Scott Duxbury admitting results &#8220;dictated&#8221; the club&#8217;s decision, while he also revealed a new appointment is &#8220;imminent&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Quique is a man of great integrity and it was clear how much he wanted to have a positive impact, but ultimately results have dictated our decision,&#8221; Duxbury said in a statement on Watford&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watfordfc.com\/teams\/first-team\/club-statement-quique-sanchez-flores\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1117879\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/01130645\/watford-quote-flores-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Watford Flores sacked\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/01130645\/watford-quote-flores-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/01130645\/watford-quote-flores-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/01130645\/watford-quote-flores-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/01130645\/watford-quote-flores-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/01130645\/watford-quote-flores-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/01130645\/watford-quote-flores-66x65.png 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/01130645\/watford-quote-flores-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/01130645\/watford-quote-flores.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The appointment of a new Head Coach is imminent, and with nearly two-thirds of the season remaining, we will provide all the support necessary to make the coming months successful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The statement also said no further comment will be by the club until the announcement of a new head coach.<\/p>\n<p>Watford travel to Leicester City on Wednesday\u00a0and the wording of the message on Flores&#8217; departure suggests that a swift appointment may be in the pipeline as the Hornets look to salvage something from their season.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Hughton, who was sacked by Brighton at the end of last season, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-7743335\/Chris-Hughton-verge-taking-Watford-manager.html\">reported<\/a> to be a leading candidate for the role while Paul Clement has also been linked to Vicarage Road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watford have confirmed the departure of head coach Quique Sanchez Flores following their 2-1 defeat to Southampton. Flores only returned to the club for a second spell back in September, replacing fellow Spaniard Javi Gracia following the Hornets&#8217; poor start to the season. Familiar territory for Watford: Five things to know&#8230; Flores replaced Gracia on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":1117867,"parent":0,"menu_order":4086,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"Next Watford manager: Appointment is \"imminent\", says Hornets chairman","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Watford have confirmed the departure of head coach Quique Sanchez Flores following their 2-1 defeat to Southampton.","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"news-category":[],"class_list":["post-1117859","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"external_featured_image_url":"","hide_featured_image_pattern":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Next Watford manager: Appointment is &quot;imminent&quot;, says Hornets chairman<\/title>\n<meta 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