Watford have appointed Roy Hodgson as their new manager.
Former British and Liverpool Boss, 74 years old, returned to the Premier League after the last season.
The Hornets sacked Claudio Ranieri on Monday, the 15th managerial change since the Pozzo family took over the club in 2012.
Hodgson will be tasked with securing Premier League survival as they sit 19th, two points from safety.
Ray Lewington, who managed Watford between 2002 and 2005, will join as assistant, filling the same position he did under Hodgson for England and Palace.
The club have not announced the length of Hodgson’s contract.
Hodgson’s first game will be away to Burnley, who are bottom of the table, on 5 February.
Hodgson has been in football management for the best part of 50 years and Watford become the 17th club he has managed in eight countries, while he has also had spells in charge of the Switzerland, United Arab Emirates and Finland national sides.
He worked for the Pozzo family during a brief spell in charge of Udinese, and led Fulham to the Europa League final in 2010 before taking over as Liverpool boss that summer.
Having departed the Reds after only six months, he joined West Brom in February 2011 and guided the Baggies to two mid-table finishes.
He also guided England to the quarter-finals at Euro 2012 but left following a 2-1 last-16 defeat by Iceland at the 2016 tournament in France having also overseen a group stage exit at the 2014 World Cup.
Hodgson, who will extend his own record as the oldest person to manage in the Premier League, spent nearly four years as Crystal Palace boss having replaced Frank de Boer in September 2017 with the club bottom of the table.
Although he loses the first three competent games, he taught the palace to 11 years old in the table. They completed the 12th and 14th centuries twice in the last three seasons and accepted their total premier league points as 49 in 2018-19, in accordance with Tally of 42 battles in the years 1992 to 2018
