Overview
- Preston North End have formally appointed Graham Alexander as their new manager and confirmed Chris Lucketti will join him as assistant.
- The move follows Preston’s decision to sack Paul Heckingbottom after a run of defeats that left the club near the foot of the Championship table.
- Bradford City have placed Mark Trueman and goalkeeping coach Colin Doyle in interim charge and are accepting applications for the permanent vacancy after reluctantly allowing Alexander to leave.
- Local reports say Preston paid about £500,000 in compensation to Bradford, a sum the club described as unusually large and which Bradford framed as the biggest fee they have received for a manager.
- Alexander, who rebuilt Bradford with promotion from League Two and leaves the Bantams near the top of League One, will not take charge of a match until after the international break when Preston host Millwall on October 10.