Watford have announced that Chris Wilder will remain as manager until at least the end of the season, quashing speculation he was set to be sacked after just 36 days in charge.
It had been reported by The Athletic that 55-year-old Wilder was going to be the latest managerial casualty at Vicarage Road, with Italian Francesco Farioli linked with the job.
The Hornets are without a win in four games and sit 12th in the Sky Bet Championship - six points off the play-off places.
Wilder has overseen six games, winning one, drawing two and losing the other three with their hopes of reaching the play-offs shortening swiftly.