Why Bradford City and Leyton Orient will like what's just happened at Luton Town | OneFootball

Luton Town have confirmed Jack Wilshere as their new manager, and both Bradford and Leyton Orient will feel relieved

Luton Town have confirmed the appointment of Jack Wilshere as their new manager, and both Bradford City and Leyton Orient will be breathing a huge sigh of relief.

The Hatters were in the market for a new man in the dugout after Matt Bloomfield was sacked following a middling start to the new League One campaign, which saw Luton lose five of their opening 11 matches.

Given the expectations laid out at the start of the season for Luton, who are still in receipt of Premier League parachute payments after their relegation two seasons ago, it was expected that a proven winner would be brought in to replace him as they aim to secure an immediate promotion back to the second tier.

Per an exclusive report from Football League World, Leyton Orient boss Richie Wellens was mooted, and Alan Nixon later linked Bradford manager Graham Alexander to the post. Wellens took Orient to the play-off final last season, whilst Alexander's Bantams have enjoyed an impeccable start to life back in League One, sitting inside the top two.

However, Luton have decided that 33-year-old Jack Wilshere will be the man to take them forward at Kenilworth Road, and rival fans will be thankful that their bosses haven't been poached.

Luton Town opt for Jack Wilshere over linked Richie Wellens and Graham Alexander

Both Leyton Orient and Bradford can now rest easy knowing that their managers are safe for now, after Luton chose to hand Jack Wilshere his first permanent manager role of his career.

The 33-year-old looked promising over his two games as interim Norwich City boss towards the back end of last season, winning one and drawing one of his two games in charge, but few were expecting such an inexperienced coach to be given the reins at a club expected to battle near the top of League One.

Therefore, despite hefty compensation fees seemingly standing in the way of getting someone like Richie Wellens, who was reportedly going to cost £1 million, or Graham Alexander, who had a "hefty" compensation fee, you couldn't rule Luton out of paying that to bring in someone more experienced.

Both Wellens and Alexander have, in the past, worked, or are currently working, miracles with lower budgets in League One, with Wellens taking Leyton Orient to within a game of the Championship last season, and Alexander currently overseeing an unlikely promotion charge in the opening months of this year with newly-promoted Bradford.

Therefore, given the resources available to Luton, it wouldn't have been surprising to see either move to Kenilworth Road.

Acts of loyalty will serve as a boost for Leyton Orient and Bradford City

Clearly, there hasn't been a huge desire for either Wellens or Alexander to leave their current post, which can only be a good thing for the futures of both Leyton Orient and Bradford City.

Orient haven't exactly had the best of seasons themselves, conceding the most goals in League One and currently sitting in the bottom half of the division, but this news, following on from a 4-0 rout of Doncaster Rovers over the weekend, might just be the boost the O's need to get back to competing for a place in the top six for a second successive season.

As for Alexander, he's definitely proven over the past two years at Valley Parade that he is good enough to take over a club with Championship ambitions, but he clearly sees those at Bradford, despite just getting out of League Two themselves.

The news coming out of Kenilworth Road would have been seen as a relief for both clubs, but it can now be used to spur the clubs on in two different ways.

For Leyton Orient, it may be time to begin ascending the League One table, and for Bradford, the news can be used as a boost to continue their incredible league form and consolidate their position as legitimate promotion candidates.