With Premier League survival secured for another season, Javi Gracia has already turned his attentions to improving Watford’s fortunes next term.

Victory over Newcastle United on Saturday rubber-stamped the Hornets’ top flight status for a fourth consecutive season.

Watford could even secure a highest ever Premier League finish with a defeat of Manchester United on Sunday, and Gracia is eager to build on the foundations he has laid next season.

“To be successful in the next season, it is important to do the right things in this moment,” Gracia said.

“It depends on many things. How the squad is and how we start the season. I look forward to next season.

“I would like to improve the squad, be ambitious and improve our position. To stay in the Premier League is not easy and we had to do a good job to stay up.

“We have to improve on our position next season and if we finish 11th we will try to improve on that.

“If you ask me if I am ambitious, I say I want to win every game. There is nothing more ambitious than wanting to win every game.”

Gracia’s tenure so far has been one of ups and downs after a flying start to life at the Vic gave way to a disappointing slump in form.

Victory over the Magpies relieved the inevitable pressure which came with a seven game winless run and means Watford can go into Sunday’s visit to Old Trafford in high spirits.

Gracia says the squad is notably relaxed and the mood around the club is a far cry from the concerned one which underlined their poor run of form.

“After two days off the players are happy and it is easier to start preparing for the next game,” he said.

“We know there is one game left and the players are thinking we have 41 points and are relaxed. Now we have the 41 points we feel better and we feel calm.

“We know we have a chance to improve our position in the next game and we want to do that.

“At the moment we have the same points as the teams around us and we want to achieve as good a position as possible.”

After arriving in England in January, Gracia has had to handle the duel tasks of turning Watford’s season around and becoming acclimatised to a new country.

The manner in which he righted the wrongs which spelt the end of Marco Silva’s reign deserve praise and Gracia has dealt with the pressures of the English game well.

The 48-year-old head coach admits the short time he has been in England has been a hectic period but says he has enjoyed the challenge of adapting to the unique issues posed by the Premier League.

“It is only three-and-a-half months since I arrived in England. It feels more like two years because a lot has happened and it has been very intense,” he said.

“In England the teams play different ways and in Spain more or less the teams play a similar way.

“Here there are more options and formations and you need to pay attention and be able to react quickly to teams so they do not surprise you.”