GRACIA'S BACK AS BOSS

JAVI GRACIA has returned as head coach at Watford after the club parted company with Paulo Pezzolano following a disappointing start to the Championship campaign.

- BY JIM VAN WIJK

Pezzolano was appointed in May to replace Tom Cleverley after last season's 14th-placed finish.

However, despite a busy summer transfer market, the Hornets have won only three of their opening nine Championship matches, beating strugglers Oxford before the international break.