The surprise was not that Valerien Ismael was sacked, more that it had taken so long. This is Watford, after all — a club that has hired and fired 19 permanent head coaches in 12 years ...

Watford tend to get things done quickly. They are not a club to stand on ceremony when it comes to hiring and, all too often, firing their head coaches. Yet the appointment of Valerien Ismael just ...

Watford have handed head coach Valerien Ismael a contract extension despite slipping to 20th in the Championship after one win in the past eight games. The 48-year-old took charge at Vicarage Road ...

Watford boss Valerien Ismael says he is expecting intensity and an ability to adapt from his team next season. The 47-year-old former Barnsley and West Brom head coach was appointed in May ...

Another one bites the dust on the Vicarage Road coconut shy, and Valerien Ismael’s departure makes it 21 Watford managers in a row who have failed to reach 100 games in charge. Now the Hornets ...

Watford manager Valerien Ismael refused to criticise goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann and defender Ryan Andrews for the clanger that left Watford having to come back from behind to secure a 1-1 draw at ...

Watford have parted company with head coach Valerien Ismael, it has been announced. Pressure had grown on the Hornets chief in recent weeks following a poor run of results and the club have now ...

Watford head coach Valerien Ismael says he does not feel under extra pressure to succeed despite the club's record of sacking his predecessors. The Hornets have had three different people in ...

Watford manager Valerien Ismael believes Mileta Rajovic’s injury-time header in a 2-2 draw with Millwall at Vicarage Road could prove a key moment in his side’s season. Ismael said ...

Valerien Ismael hailed a “great performance” after his Watford side heaped further misery on struggling Rotherham with a 5-0 thumping at Vicarage Road. Watford endured a tricky start to the ...

Valerien Ismael is often an animated figure on the touchline Watford boss Valerien Ismael says he is expecting intensity and an ability to adapt from his team next season. The 47-year-old former ...