{"id":7161,"date":"2022-01-24T12:12:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T17:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/24\/watford-part-ways-with-claudio-ranieri-after-just-14-games-in-charge\/"},"modified":"2022-01-24T12:12:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T17:12:04","slug":"watford-part-ways-with-claudio-ranieri-after-just-14-games-in-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/24\/watford-part-ways-with-claudio-ranieri-after-just-14-games-in-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Watford part ways with Claudio Ranieri after just 14 games in charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Watford have sacked Claudio Ranieri after just 13 Premier League games in charge, meaning that they are now on the hunt for their third manager of the season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WatfordFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WatfordFC<\/a> breaking news<\/p>\n<p>Understand Claudio Ranieri has been sacked and club is now pushing ahead with finding his replacement. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthleticUK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheAthleticUK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zNRzVLuAoN\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/zNRzVLuAoN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Leventhal (@AdamLeventhal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamLeventhal\/status\/1485653735393140738?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Italian coach, most famous for winning the Premier League title at Leicester City, departs having picked up just 7 points while in charge of the hornets, although he will be remembered as the man who ultimately cost Ole Gunnar Solskjaer his job after a 4-1 win over Manchester United at Vicarage Road.<\/p>\n<p>That was perhaps the sole high-point of his reign, beginning with a 5-0 defeat to Liverpool, and ending with a heavy 3-0 defeat to fellow relegation rivals Norwich City. In a game stopped because of a power cut, the lights went out on Ranieri\u2019s tenure in the Watford dugout.<\/p>\n<h2>Another unfair dismissal?<\/h2>\n<p>It is hard to argue with a tally of just 7 points in 13 games, but it does feel something of a harsh dismissal.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 13, eight were against the current top 8 in the Premier League in a run of fixtures that could well have spelt the end of Ranieri sooner and was always going to prove a mountain to climb in the wake of former boss Xisco Munoz.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_971672\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-971672\" class=\"size-large wp-image-971672\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/GettyImages-1096433876-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Watford part ways with Claudio Ranieri after just 14 games in charge\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/GettyImages-1096433876.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/GettyImages-1096433876-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/GettyImages-1096433876-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/GettyImages-1096433876-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/GettyImages-1096433876-910x607.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-971672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Claudio Ranieri looks on. (Photo by Clive Rose\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>But now, with another new manager coming into the side towards the end of the January transfer window, it could be even harder. Whoever is chosen will have a relegation six-pointer to contend with first up, as Watford take on Burnley, before games against West Ham and Brighton where they will be expected to pick up points.<\/p>\n<p>Should they fail to do so, they know what awaits.<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/sevilla-await-final-mammoth-diego-carlos-bid-from-newcastle\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Sevilla \u2018await\u2019 another Diego Carlos bid from Newcastle<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/manchester-united-could-make-up-to-four-signings-in-summer\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Manchester United could make up to four signings in summer<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watford have sacked Claudio Ranieri after just 13 Premier League games in charge, meaning that they are now on the hunt for their third manager of the season. #WatfordFC breaking news Understand Claudio Ranieri has been sacked and club is now pushing ahead with finding his replacement. @TheAthleticUK https:\/\/t.co\/zNRzVLuAoN \u2014 Adam Leventhal (@AdamLeventhal) January 24, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-7161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7161\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}