Appointed as Watford’s sporting director by the Pozzo family back in 2020, Cristiano Giaretti has been the one pulling the strings on the transfer market at Vicarage Road over the past three years.
That included overseeing their relegation from the Premier League at the end of the 2022 season, and then their 11th placed finish in the Championship the following campaign.
There will have been some distant hope that Watford could challenge to return to the top-tier this year, but it’s clear from their current 13th spot that this isn’t going to happen just yet, as Giaretti himself explained to TuttoMercatoWeb.
Praising Leicester and how well they have done since bringing in Enzo Maresca as their manager, the sporting director then moved onto his current club.
Asked about Watford’s goal, he said: “We have reset the project by rejuvenating the team. We are full of young people full of desire to do well. The objective is to do the best. We want at least the play-offs, we want to move up. There is an excellent spirit, great unity intent.
“We don’t have a top team, but a lot of talent and we have everything to play for the play-offs, The January transfer window? Let’s see: first, there are still about 10 games, then we’ll understand what we can aspire to.”
As previously stated, Watford currently sit 13th in the Premier League, having won five games from a possible 16, drawing six and losing the other five, all the while scoring 23 goals and conceding 18.
