Next Watford Manager Odds

Will Still is a name that seems to come up in the betting for a vast array of Championship jobs.

Still made his first managerial strides in his homeland, Belgium, with Lierse and then Beerschot, but it wasn’t until he transitioned into Europe’s big five leagues with Reims that he really saw his name up in lights.

He guided them to a couple of midtable finishes and looks set to achieve a similar feat with Lens, who he joined last summer, this season.

At some point, a move to England, where he started his coaching journey at academy level, does feel likely for Still, whose parents are both English, but with his stock high amongst Championship suitors, you might think the 32-year-old would choose his first step into English football carefully meaning the Watford vacancy doesn’t necessarily fit.

He is, however, in a relationship with a Hornets supporting journalist, so maybe, just maybe…

Rewind to January this year, and there were several reports linking Watford with a move for Jose Rojo Martin – or Pacheta as he is better known.

At the time, the Watford owners refused to comment on such links. Subsequently, Watford picked up a few results, and Cleverley earned a stay of execution.

Those stories came from reliable sources though both in Spain and locally to Watford. As such, there is little surprise Pacheta’s name is now doing the rounds.

As a manager, Pacheta has had has nearly as many clubs as Watford has gaffers over the years with 10 clubs across a 14 year period.

The longest he’s stayed in any of those roles is 30 months, with Elche, but a career win ratio of 43% is far from disastrous and, clearly, his history would suggest the trigger-happy Pozzo family are unlikely to bother him.