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Former England international Jack Wilshere won two FA Cups with Arsenal Former Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere is the number one choice of the Luton Town board to take over as manager at Kenilworth Road. The 33-year-old has held talks with the Hatters and is in pole position to replace Matt Bloomfield who was dismissed earlier this week. Leyton Orient boss Richie Wellens made it down to the final two but Wilshere is close to landing the job. A deal is yet to be finalised. His last role was as interim coach at Norwich at the end of last season where he took over for the final two games following Johannes Hoff Thorup's sacking. Wilshere was then overlooked for the permanent job, with the Canaries appointing Liam Manning, and was also linked to Plymouth Argyle before Tom Cleverley took charge. Luton, who have suffered back-to-back relegations, have experienced a poor start to the 2025-26 campaign with five defeats from their opening 11 games to leave them 11th in League One. Wilshere was under-18 coach at Arsenal before joining Norwich and was a contender for the Gunners' Under-21 role in the summer before withdrawing. The former midfielder earned 34 caps for England and made 197 appearances for Arsenal, before spells at West Ham and Bournemouth. Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Super League Grand Final: Hull KR v Wigan Warriors Portugal with the early pressure against the Republic of Ireland Sciver-Brunt and Ecclestone star as England go top An all-star cast enters the ultimate game of deceit Bite-sized tales of terror Can Kwabena swap his dead-end job for his movie mogul dream? The portable operating theatre that could revolutionise treatment Was Slovakia win Northern Ireland's best display under O'Neill? The stats that say Haaland will run away with Golden Boot Watch: Ricky Hatton Memorial. Video Watch: Ricky Hatton Memorial 'It worked perfectly' - how a loss secured Padley's career Watch extended Anthony Taylor interview on i Player. Video Watch extended Anthony Taylor interview on i Player Captain, player, manager, Mister, number one - Davids at Barnet Was Tuchel right to criticise England fans? 'Chronic Scotland prevail in Hampden head-wrecker' 'A famous victory' - South Africa stun India after De Klerk's heroics Video'A famous victory' - South Africa stun India after De Klerk's heroics 'No easy way back for Bellingham as Rogers vindicates Tuchel's strategy' I'd give up winners to hug family again, says paralysed jockey Lee How Broncos and 'play-dough' quarterback can end Chiefs' reign Does Federer have a point? Are courts being slowed to aid Alcaraz and Sinner? 'Being gay in men's football is a very toxic place' Time for a 'gloves-off' Piastri v Norris title fight? F1 Q&A 'I deeply hurt people by moving to Saudi Arabia' The footballer who cycles to work after being inspired by Wenger 'The most wonderful human' - Greenwood leads support for ex-team-mate Moody 'England Golf needs government backing for 2030 Solheim Cup bid' Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.