{"id":292215,"date":"2023-10-03T12:24:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T12:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=292215"},"modified":"2023-10-03T12:24:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T12:24:56","slug":"watford-release-unusual-club-statement-about-manager-ismael","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/watford-release-unusual-club-statement-about-manager-ismael\/","title":{"rendered":"Watford release unusual &apos;club statement&apos; about manager Ismael"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Watford release a &#8216;club statement&#8217; about manager Valerien Ismael after sluggish start to the Championship season&#8230; but it&#8217;s not what everyone expects!<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Watford have started the Championship season in disappointing fashion\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>So fans expected only one thing when a &#8216;club statement&#8217; on Ismael came out\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>CLICK HERE to listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When Watford tweeted out a &#8216;club statement&#8217; concerning manager Valerien Ismael, fans thought they knew exactly what was coming.<\/p>\n<p>With the Hornets a lowly 20th in the Championship table and a long-established reputation for being trigger-happy with bosses, most assumed Ismael had been axed.<\/p>\n<p>But the important update was actually that the Frenchman had been rewarded with a contract extension, leaving plenty red-faced for jumping to conclusions.<\/p>\n<p>Watford put out the statement at 11.45am on Tuesday morning, saying they were &#8216;pleased to confirm&#8217; that Ismael, 48, had extended his existing contract along broadly the same terms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Hornets have moved to lock in the services of the former France youth international for a longer period of time.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/12\/76107969-12588387-image-a-67_1696334129629.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Watford released a &#8216;club statement&#8217; about their manager Valerien Ismael on Tuesday morning<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/12\/76107971-12588387-image-a-68_1696334147498.jpg\" height=\"773\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Most supporters feared the worst for the head coach when they saw this announcement<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>It featured a quote from sporting director Cristiano Giaretta that said: &#8216;The owner, the board and all of the senior management team have enjoyed getting to know and understanding Valerien and his methods.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s true we haven&#8217;t achieved the points we would like yet, but it&#8217;s the work and the progress we can see that gives us great confidence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s like others have said this season; you can feel and sense that we are changing here and there is a positive atmosphere everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We have told the first-team players and staff who have reacted positively, so now we all must focus on our work &#8211; the match at Sunderland tomorrow night.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Former Barnsley and West Bromwich Albion coach Ismael only arrived at Vicarage Road at the beginning of the summer.<\/p>\n<p>But given Watford&#8217;s owners, the Pozzo family, had got through 19 managers in 11 years, it certainly wasn&#8217;t too soon for Ismael to be shown the door.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I can&#8217;t be the only one who thought of something different to a contract extension,&#8217; one fan replied to Watford&#8217;s post on X.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A club statement where no one has been sacked. GET INNNNNNNN,&#8217; wrote another.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/12\/76109475-12588387-image-a-69_1696334351898.jpg\" height=\"116\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fans were stunned when the statement about Ismael concerned a contract extension<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/12\/76109477-12588387-image-a-70_1696334385624.jpg\" height=\"252\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/12\/76109479-12588387-image-a-71_1696334390602.jpg\" height=\"217\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/12\/76109483-12588387-image-a-72_1696334396750.jpg\" height=\"320\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/13\/76109489-12588387-image-a-73_1696334403853.jpg\" height=\"213\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/13\/76109493-12588387-image-a-74_1696334412471.jpg\" height=\"216\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/13\/76109491-12588387-image-a-75_1696334417979.jpg\" height=\"236\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/13\/76109481-12588387-image-a-76_1696334424184.jpg\" height=\"109\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/13\/76109487-12588387-image-a-77_1696334428435.jpg\" height=\"662\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Watford later released another posts showing Ismael celebrating his new deal there<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Clearly the club has a sense of humour announcing it like that,&#8217; said another post.<\/p>\n<p>A good few took a different perspective, however. &#8216;This is going to look even worse when we sack him in December,&#8217; wrote one.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Watford are just a point above the Championship relegation zone nine games into the season, having won only twice so far.<\/p>\n<p>They started with a 4-0 thrashing of Queens Park Rangers but have since suffered losses to Stoke City, Blackburn Rovers, Leeds United and Middlesbrough.<\/p>\n<p>They also crashed out of the Carabao Cup to Stevenage at the first round stage.<\/p>\n<p>Ismael&#8217;s side were beaten 3-2 at home by Boro on Saturday and travel to Sunderland on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12588387\/Watford-release-club-statement-manager-Valerien-Ismael-sluggish-start-Championship-season-not-expects.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watford release a &#8216;club statement&#8217; about manager Valerien Ismael after sluggish start to the Championship season&#8230; but it&#8217;s not what everyone expects! 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