WATFORD APPOINT ROY HODGSON AS NEW MANAGER TO SUCCEED CLAUDIO RANIERI

Premier League side WATFORD have appointed Roy Hodgson as their new manager after they sacked Claudio Ranieri on Monday, the 15th managerial change since the POZZO family took over the club in 2012.

The former England and Liverpool boss at 74, returns to join THE HORNETS after leaving CRYSTAL PALACE at the end of last season and will have the herculean of securing Premier League survival as they sit 19th, two points from safety.

Ray Lewington, who managed WATFORD between 2002 and 2005, will join as assistant, filling the same position he did under HODGSON for England and PALACE.
The club have not announced the length of HODGSON’S contract, but his first game will be away to BURNLEY, who are bottom of the table, on 5 February.