Hear from the Hornets boss on Thursday

The boss speaks - Ranieri news conference coming up

9 December 2021

Watford boss Claudio Ranieri is due to speak to the media at about 12:45 GMT on Thursday.

Catch up with all the key lines from his news conference on this page later.

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