A former Watford sensation speaks up on possible Watford comebacks.
Troy Deeney has scored four goals in his first ten matches for Forest Green Rovers in League Two.
Deeney has completed his UEFA A-License and taken up a player-coach role at Rovers, preparing for his future after retirement.
Deeney has expressed his desire to potentially become the manager of his former club, Watford, showcasing his love for the team and willingness to take on the role.
Having tasted his first introduction to the rigors of professional football in League Two during those formative years with Walsall, he’s now gone full-circle and currently plies his trade with fourth-tier outfit Forest Green Rovers.
Deeney made the plunge to the depths of the Football League over the summer, joining the Gloucestershire-based side after being released from hometown club Birmingham City back in June.
How has Troy Deeney performed for Forest Green Rovers?
It won’t come as too much of a surprise to read that Deeney is in among the goals in League Two, having scored four from his first ten outings at The New Lawn.
However, that’s not the sole onus for the 35-year-old these days, as he’s now looking towards the future.
Naturally, retirement isn’t too far away and he’s created security for himself once he eventually decides to hang up the boots by completing his UEFA A-License, which has seen him take up a player-coach role assisting former-Watford figure and current-Rovers boss David Horseman
Upon making the move to Nailsworth, Deeney confessed that it was “about the next 10 years, not the next 10 months,” – so there’s clearly a strategy in place when he retires.
However, an intriguing recent admission from Deeney himself signals that he’s got his sights set elsewhere if the opportunity presents itself, and he’s spoken out about how much he’d love the job at Watford after enjoying a storied playing career there.
What has Troy Deeney said about potentially becoming Watford manager?
Speaking to the Daily Mail about his coaching ventures, Deeney explained: “If Watford phoned me today and went ‘Troy, do you want to take over?’ You cannot say no.’
“Things have been said, but, fundamentally, I love the place. I’d like to think the owner Gino Pozzo and Scott Duxbury (The CEO) know what I’m truly about.
“I wish them nothing but the best and if that opportunity comes around, hopefully we’ll be grown up enough to have a conversation.
He also added: “I might even go back to the Blues now Wayne Rooney is there. It’s all about education for me. I always remember Manuel Almunia, when I scored that goal against Leicester.
“He said to me ‘Have you got a diary?’ I was 23 at the time, I thought diaries were for old people.
“But he said, ‘You need to write stuff down’. From that Leicester moment, I have always written stuff down.
“Not weekly but there are things I can go back to. I’ve had so many experiences in my life – at Watford I had 17 managers in 12 years.
