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Becky Ashton

Next Watford manager odds: Former Uruguay boss favourite for Hornets post

Diego Alonso is favourite to be the next Watford boss - (Getty Images)

By their standards, it’s been a while since Watford were looking for a manager... Tom Cleverly lasted longer than most, in the post since April 2024, first as an interim boss before he was given the job permanently a month later.

Cleverley was sacked after the club finished a disappointing 14th in the Championship table after losing seven of their last 11 matches. They finished 11 points off the play-off places and are now ludicrously looking for their 22nd manager since 2012.

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