A look into Watford's recruitment strategy under Valerien Ismael and the role of Cristiano Giaretta in player recruitment.
When Valerien Ismael was named as the new Watford head coach back in May, he inherited a squad that had just drastically under-performed in the Championship. It was a large group of players, many who had been at the club for some time. There were several in the ‘30+’ brigade, and others who were clearly going to leave because they felt they could play at a higher level. As more and more players bade farewell, Watford fans began to discuss how many new signings the club needed to make.
Whether those who suggested ‘a whole new squad’ were doing so with tongue in cheek or actually meant it was hard to tell. However, anyone who said more than six (or seven if you include the return of Matheus Martins) turned out to be wrong. With it now apparent that the role of Ben Manga and his team in bringing in new players had already been marginalised by that point, it’s important to try and understand Cristiano Giaretta’s part in recruitment. “I started talking to Valerien about players from the moment he signed with us in Ma
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