Massive changes again in Watford head coach betting market

Yahoo

12-05-2025

It's a case of either somebody knows something, or nobody knows anything – in the space of a few hours the betting market for next Watford FC head coach has seen one odds-on favourite replaced with another.
In the middle of the afternoon today, Garcia Pimienta was the 1/5 favourite and that is the sort price where the bookies have shortened a contender because they believe it's going to happen.
However, in the last half an hour Pimienta has shot out to 2/1 and been replaced at the head of the market by former frontrunner Diego Alonso, who is now priced at 1/2.
It is quite some swing in the market in such a relatively short space of time, although Alonso has previously been the favourite in the days since the bookies priced things up.
The third favourite in the market Luis Garcia Plaza, who is an 8/1 shot.
After that, all the other contenders are priced at double figures – Joso Rojo Martin, known as Pacheta, is next in the list of prices at 12/1.
Alonso has been out of work since being sacked by Greek side Panathinaikos in October.
The 50-year-old from Montevideo was appointed manager of Uruguay in December 2021, and after four wins in his first four games in charge, he secured qualification for the World Cup in Qatar.
A year later, after failing to progress from the group stage in the finals, he handed in his resignation and said he wanted to return to club management.
His next job was as manager of Sevilla, taking over in October 2023 when the Spanish side were 14th in the La Liga
On December 16, having failed to win any of his eight league matches and having been knocked out of the UEFA Champions League after finishing last in their group, Sevilla sacked Alonso.