New Watford boss Quique Sanchez Flores is out to create “something special” at Vicarage Road.

The Hornets, promoted back to the Premier League last season, have been installed as favourites to go straight back down again. But former Valencia and Atletico Madrid chief Flores, appointed to replace Slavisa Jokanovic, has made no attempt to conceal his enthusiasm for the task ahead.

“For the future of Watford it is important to stay in the Premier League,” he said.

“But we want to do something special for the fans. That is to connect with the fans and feel that the day of the game is the best day in the world.

“For me it was important to choose the place where I imagined I would be happy. Watford is perfect. I watched their last games of last year and I thought ‘I like it’.”

Flores, 50, is Watford’s fifth head coach in the space of a year after Jokanovic left following a breakdown of talks over a new contract.

Beppe Sannino, Billy McKinlay and Flores’s fellow Spaniard Oscar Garcia – due to health problems – all departed in a chaotic start to last season.

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