Ranieri ready for return

Claudio Ranieri is hoping to be back in management somewhere in Europe before the start of next season and is not ruling out a return to the Premier League.

"Why not? If a good project arrives, why not?," the former Leicester City manager told Reuters on Tuesday when asked whether he might return to England.

"I look for the Premier League or another league in Europe," he added.

However, the 65-year-old refused to be drawn on who he might be talking to.

"If I have had some discussions, I don't tell you," he laughed.

"I am very stimulated to make another great season," he told reporters.

“Watford is only rumours," he added, when asked specifically about that Premier League vacancy after the departure of Italian Walter Mazzarri. "I feel as well a European coach -- Italy, Spain, France, England for me is okay."