Xisco Muñoz is the first manager to receive his conge this Premier League season. Watford announces through official channels that the 41-year-old Spaniard is no longer at the helm of Vicarage Road. Watford’s 1-0 defeat to Leeds United ultimately proved fatal to Muñoz.
Nevertheless, Muñoz’s resignation is somewhat surprising. PhD candidate Watford occupies fourteenth place in the Premier League, with seven points from seven games. Standing with it the Hornets four points above Burnley, which is in a direct relegation spot as number eighteen. Yet Muñoz’s resignation was already in the air, there The Athletic Saturday already reported that the Watford club management wanted to appoint a new manager during the coming international period.
“The board feels that the performance of the team is showing a strong negative trend, while the cohesion within the team should greatly improve. Watford will always be grateful to Xisco for his role in the promotion and we wish him every success in his career. No further comment will be made until we have appointed a new manager,” Watford said in a statement. Muñoz had only been at the helm of Watford for ten months.
Watford, somewhat surprisingly, appointed Muñoz as Vladimir Ivic’s successor in December of the previous calendar year. The former midfielder of, among others, Valencia and Real Betis had until then only worked at Dinamo Tbilisi as a head coach, with whom he became champion of Georgia. Previously, Muñoz worked as an assistant coach for Gimnàstic de Tarragona.
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