Vladimir Ivic has emerged as the front-runner to become the new Watford boss.
The 43-year-old Serbian is close to securing the vacant Vicarage Road post, the PA news agency understands.
Former Leicester boss Claude Puel and ex-Brighton manager Chris Hughton had been among the early contenders to replace Nigel Pearson at the Hornets’ helm.
But now the former Serbia and Montenegro midfielder Ivic appears likely to take charge, with Barnsley’s Gerhard Struber having also been considered.
Pearson had been Watford’s third manager of a campaign that ended in relegation from the top-flight, with Javi Gracia and Quique Sanchez Flores both departing earlier in the term.
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