• Pearson: ‘I was semi-retired, more or less’• Watford’s fortunes transformed by Pearson’s arrivalNigel Pearson has admitted he thought his managerial career was on its last legs before he was asked to save Watford’s season and that the idea he would be facing José Mourinho and Tottenham on Saturday is something he could never have countenanced when he was out of work last year.The turnaround in Pearson’s fortunes has been even more remarkable than that uptick he has overseen at Vicarage Road given that in February 2019 he was sacked as manager of the Belgian second-tier club OH Leuven. The following month he spent what was ostensibly a walking holiday in Gairloch, in the north-west of Scotland and reconciled himself to the idea his time in the dugout could be over. Related: Jürgen Klopp says Africa Cup of Nations move is a ‘catastrophe’ for Liverpool Continue readingreadfullarticle
