Former Watford head coach Slaven Bilic will take on the likes of Steven Gerrard after signing a two-year contract as manager of Al-Fateh in the Saudi Arabian Pro-League.

The 54-year-old is the latest well-known figure to move to the Saudi League after Gerrard took over as Al-Ettifaq coach earlier this week.

Bilic, who was in charge of his native Croatia for six years from 2006 until 2012, previously coached Al-Ittihad in the Saudi Pro League five years ago.

The former West Ham and West Brom manager joined the Hornets in September last year, replacing Rob Edwards.

He started with a 4-0 win at Stoke but results were generally mixed as a combination of injuries and the general lack of consistency that blighted the season meant Watford were in the same 10th position when he left in March as when he joined.

The clear highlight of his time at Vicarage Road was when he oversaw the 4-0 derby rout of Luton in October.

He won 10 of his 26 league and cup matches while in charge of Watford.

Bilic will begin preparations with his new club in Austria on Monday, where they will stay until the start of the championship on August 11.

So far, they have arranged two friendlies against the Hungarian clubs Puskas Akademije and Ujpest.

Al Fateh finished sixth in the league last season: 10 years ago they won the only title in their history, as well as the Super Cup.

The most notable players in the squad Bilic inherits are the Saudi striker Celebrate Al Buraikan and former Barcelona winger Christian Tello.

The club is based in the city of Hofuf in the east of the country, near Bahrain and Qatar, and the stadium has a capacity of 20,000.