LONELY AS A CLAUDIO

Job is like skydiving without a parachute says Ranieri

- MIKE WALTERS

CLAUDIO RANIERI says being a manager is like jumping out of a plane – without knowing if your parachute is going to open.

‘The Tinkerman’ may get a chance to put his theory to the test if Watford lose against Manchester United tomorrow and the Hornets drop into the bottom three for the first time this season.

Ranieri, whose three previous jobs in the Premier League all ended in the sack, joked: “Sometimes they don’t even give you a parachute!”

Three defeats in his first four games at Vicarage Road have given the 70-year-old Italian an early taste of the pressure which makes him “come alive”.

But Ranieri insists the job turns him into an “iceman” who learns to solve problems on his lonely beat.