There are three key figures in the Pozzo family.
Pozzo has also helped the club maintain their manager for a record-breaking long time. Background Gino Pozzo is a member of a family that is renowned for its prominence and business ownership. A "frank exchange of views" between Nigel Pearson and Watford owner Gino Pozzo after Friday's defeat to West Ham was the catalyst that led to the head coach's sacking. when the club was facing a €12m debt and a struggle to climb beyond a third division. "What league we play in, however, does not define the football club," it read.The statement confirmed that fans should be ready to see the playing squad overhauled as Pozzo and Duxbury also pointed the progress off the pitch since the former took sole charge of the club in 2014. He was born in Udine, Italy, to two football enthusiasts, Gianpaolo Pozzo, a businessman, and Giuliana Pozzo, who is related to the former presidents of the Udinese Calcio Football Club. All three Pozzo clubs will play in their country’s top flight this season, Udinese for the 20th year in succession.His influence is not confined to transfers and balance sheets. His reputation for taking underachieving teams and turning them into winners, is a reputation he has earned. “The Premier League is a really hard competition,” Carnevale says. His father had purchased the club in 1986, and Gino turned it around soon after onboarding and helped it climb from Serie B to Serie A, where it remained for over two decades.It was Gino Pozzo who convinced his father to expand the family’s football portfolio with the purchase of Granada in 2009.
Pozzo has also helped the club maintain their manager for a record-breaking long time.
Other notable achievements for the Watford Hornets under the rule of Gino Pozzo include only two losses after 12 games and the rising to eight places in the Premier League. “Players are watched by the scouts and, after they sort out the chaff, profiles of the best players are sent to Gino Pozzo. Pozzo sold the family business, tool maker Freud, to Robert Bosch in 2008. "Rest assured, we will do everything in our power to take Watford Football Club back to the Premier League, something we all believe we can achieve.
Furthermore, Gino Pozzo takes personal charge of the process of recruiting players at Watford. During his tenure, the 53‑year‑old has carved himself a reputation as one of the most forward-thinking but also interventionist owners in footballGino is the prodigal son and the mastermind of the Pozzo family. He is not just limited to administrative or fiscal dues and decisions but has his hands in every level of the club’s daily operations. In 2009, he became the mastermind behind turning the club around in only two years.
At the time the club were €12m in debt and struggling in the third division; two years later they ended a 35-year absence from the Primera Liga.