Matt Bloomfield has been appointed as the new Luton manager on a three-and-a-half-year deal, after Town agreed a compensation package with Wycombe Wanderers, with the new man praising the Hatters’ research on him and their desire to bring him to Kenilworth Road.
The 40-year-old, who spent most of his playing career with the Chairboys, moves to Kenilworth Road with assistant Richard Thomas, first team coach Lee Harrison and senior analyst Ben Cirne.
Bloomfield will take over from Rob Edwards, who left the club last week, and his first game in charge will be for Saturday’s home Championship clash with Preston North End.
Bloomfield said: “It’s a genuine honour and a privilege to be here, to be appointed as manager of this incredible club. I’m really, really proud. It’s been a busy few days, a very busy weekend but I’ve met the recruitment team, met Gary and spent some time with the board.
“The fact that they’re all Luton supporters and that they care so much about their football club shone through, and the fact that they had a real big desire for me to join our football club also shone through, so I’m incredibly proud and very, very happy to be here.
“That made me feel very comfortable and very wanted, which is huge for me. I want to work with people who care and fans who also care – and they certainly do here. I want to work with people who want the best for their football club, and that’s more than evident with Gary, the chairman and the board of directors.
“That feeling that they gave me and the feeling of being wanted, how much research they’ve done into me and the football team that we’ve produced at Colchester and Wycombe, and the knowledge base of what I stand for, who I am and what we’ve tried to produce in our football team left me in no uncertain times that this was the right move at the right time.”
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