Watford sack Bilic, appoint Wilder as new manager

2023-03-08 10:58

Watford sack Bilic, appoint Wilder as new manager

Championship club Watford have sacked coach Bilic and appointed Chris Wilder as head coach.


The 54-year-old Bilic has coached the Croatian national team, West Ham United and other clubs before coaching Watford. On September 26, 2022, Bilic officially took over Watford. At present, he has led Watford to play 25 Championship games and achieved 10 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses.


Although it doesn't look too bad at first glance, in the recent 8 rounds, Watford only won 1 game, and Watford is now ranked 10th in the British Championship. Watford are getting farther and farther away from the promotion play-off places, and they have won only 3 games in 2023. Therefore, Bilic was fired within half a year of his tenure.


Watford's technical editor-in-chief Manga said: "We are ambitious and want to be successful this season so that the team can have a chance to upgrade, so we need to take new measures quickly. The transfer window in January has ended. , changing the coach now is the only way, I hope it can inject new vitality into our upcoming games."


Watford sack Bilic, appoint Wilder as new manager

So Watford hired a new coach , Wilder . The 55-year-old Wilder led Sheffield United from League One to the Premier League, but only finished 9th in the first season. His results were not satisfactory and he was fired in 2021.


After that, Wilder took over Middlesbrough in the British Championship, but also left. Now Wilder is at Watford, where he will lead the team for their next game against Queens Park Rangers.