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Do we get the "transfer record broken" sweetener before or after Blooms' departure is announced?

He's obviously wanted out for a while, as it seems he had talks with Coventry and Millwall. Though he also has form for leaving a manager job for a better offer.

There must be a clash somewhere behind the scenes, but he is getting noticed because the budget has been pumped up, and in a position to actually challenge.

Good luck to him, and it will be interesting to see the next guy in charge.

Go on then, enlighten us

Can't wait to find out who it is!

Wycombe existed before Matt Bloomfield, and it will continue to exist and thrive after him. A superb man, and a superb servant to the club, but this is just the beginning of another chapter.

BBC Three Counties reporting Blooms "Looks set to Join Luton as their new manager" this morning, and like most people I have seen and heard enough to accept what's about to happen. Those of us who follow the Kremlinology at Wycombe had come to the conclusion that not everything was rosy in the garden between MB and the new ownership, and that therefore when the opportunity presented itself to manage at a higher level, he has chosen to do so. He will have sought advice from others he trusts, notably GA and Rob Couhig - both of whom will (I suspect) have told him not to pass up this opportunity.

For me it will be interesting to see if Blooms has any leaving message for WWFC supporters, although I am certain the new ownership wont permit any leaving video of MB saying goodbye to the players and a final interview, a la GA/Dobbo.

But also, how Dan Rice handles the announcement. I am not expecting oodles of sentimentality, or any effort to persuade us that he and the rest of the club "did all we could to keep MB".

This will be watershed moment as others have suggested. But hopefully, not one that we look back on as a wholly negative development. I consider myself a rationalist and am therefore resisting at least for the moment the (admittedly strong) temptation to veer off down the conspiracy route, that this was all totally preventable if only Dan Rice and co. had backed MB and put a much higher bounty on MB in the form of hus release clause. Let's see and I may well change my mind depending on what's said and done in the coming hours...

Bit of hard one really.

I would not be surprised if we go completely left of field and go abroad or a young English/foreign first teach coach/reserve manager from a Premiership team. We are undoubtedly an attractive proposition for a new and up and coming manager. Money, training ground, a project (in regards to the academy) and a settled squad with no bad eggs. I would not object to Claus Nørgaard from Brentford in regards to that, at least he does have a history of coaching and management beforehand.

Me personally, I would love a bit of ambition and get Steven Schumacher. Got Plymouth out of League One successfully and was harshly (in my view) sacked at Stoke.

Didn't you feel the same when Gareth left, because personally I felt that was a bigger loss?

Rather than all these conspiracy theories, couldn't it just simply be that the Club wanted to run the club one way and Matt wanted more control over signings etc. We need to remember that Dan Rice is not just the Chief Executive (or whatever his title is), but is also one of the three Directors of the Club and has to be the one who makes the final decisions on spending Mikhails money and will stand or fall by those decisions.

Some of us would no doubt still like to go back to supporters trust ownership which would likely have led to non league status, some (probably the majority) would like to bumble along with a Couhig type owner and a few (like me) are prepared to move along with a new very wealthy owner. All options have their own drawbacks but the most important out come is we all have a club to support.

Now the decision has been made, as others have said it would be nice to have @glasshalffull's take on all this..

Today is a new day in the history of our football club, with an upward trajectory. And I’m going to enjoy the ride. I wish MB all the very best, a spectacular servant to the old Wycombe and I look forward to the era of the new Wycombe and us beating his football club next season.