‘This isn’t normal in football’: Xisco, Malaysia and the new Invincibles

Royal family-backed Johor Darul Ta’zim are on the verge of a world-record 109 league games unbeaten and their former Watford manager is aiming higher Many Watford fans felt Xisco Muñoz was dismissed too soon after leading them into the Premier League as Championship runners-up in 2021, only to be ousted less than two months into the new season.

He is remembered fondly at Vicarage Road, an emblem of the churn-and-burn of the Gino Pozzo era.

But unless you continued to follow the Spaniard’s career closely, you would struggle to guess where he manages now.

The life of a football manager is varied and unpredictable, but how has the former Watford head coach ended up in charge of a club 6,500 miles away and on the verge of an extraordinary world record? Continue reading...