Watford Have Appointed Rob Edwards As Manager From 2022-23

"Rob had a contractual provision allowing him to leave Forest Green Rovers at any time to discuss employment opportunities at other clubs and the Hornets are delighted to confirm our discussions concluded today."

Watford have appointed former Forest Green Rovers manager Rob Edwards as their new manager, effective at the end of the current season. The news follows Edwards’ departure from Rovers, the club he recently led to League Two victory.

Forest Green previously stated that negotiations between Watford and Edwards occurred “behind our backs.” Roy Hodgson, the current manager of Watford, is set to leave the club at the end of the season.

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Forest Green’s owner Dale Vince told newsmen, “It takes a bit of the shine off winning promotion. If there’s any karma in football they’ll languish in the Championship and we’ll meet them there in a few years’ time.”

“[Edwards] said he’d been advised by Watford and his agent to keep it a secret from Forest Green which I think is pretty poor from them. It’s poor from Rob and he knows it. I thought I knew him better as a person.”

Watford were relegated from the Premier League on Saturday after losing to Hodgson’s former club Crystal Palace.

In a statement, Watford said, “Rob had a contractual provision allowing him to leave Forest Green Rovers at any time to discuss employment opportunities at other clubs and the Hornets are delighted to confirm our discussions concluded today.”

Edwards, 39, will become Watford’s eighth permanent manager since the beginning of the season.

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After previously coaching England’s youth teams, the former Wales international took over at Rovers last summer and led the Gloucestershire club, which joined the Football League in 2017, to their first promotion from League Two.

Edwards previously managed Wolves on an interim basis and Telford United on a permanent basis. He left Telford to work as a coach in the England Under-20s setup, eventually becoming head coach of the country’s Under-16s team in 2020 before moving to Forest Green.

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