Tottenham Hotspur has been a formidable force in the Premier League this year. Despite a recent dip in their play, they will surely fight to secure a spot in the Champions League until the very end.
After losing perhaps their best player ever in the summer, Ange Postecoglou took over and transformed a club that just finished in seventh place the previous season into one of the most thrilling in all of Europe.
Nevertheless, given that the goals haven’t come as easily since the beginning of the year, the Australian may be wishing Daniel Levy and company hadn’t approved the £750k sale of a player who has been dominating the Championship for the past few years. Under the former Celtic manager’s guidance, the player could have been a monster.
Spurs’ Ange Postecoglou
The Tottenham transfer of Jack Clarke
Jack Clarke is a dynamic winger who was recruited by Tottenham from Leeds United in July 2019 for an estimated sum of £8.5 million. He was later sent back on loan for the 2019–20 season, but moved to Queens Park Rangers in January due to a lack of playing time.
The York native standout would alternate between Tottenham’s minor teams and loan stints at Stoke City and Sunderland during the course of the following two seasons. Fortunately, the latter proved to be quite effective, and in July 2022, he was transferred to the Black Cats for an alleged sum of just £750k.
But the agreement also had a sizable sell-on clause that could be worth up to 50%, which, should the 23-year-old be sold for the stated amount, might prove to be wise business.
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When he eventually left for the Stadium of Light, the 5 foot 11 winger had played just four times for Spurs’ first team, 26 times for the youth levels, and a total of 21 times between QPR and Stoke.
Oh, how times have changed. At the time, it just seemed like a failed move; by cutting their losses, the north Londoners made the proper decision.
Jack Clarke’s Sunderland appraisal
Clarke’s rather good 11 goals and 14 assists in 50 games during his debut season as an official Sunderland player were enough to propel the team to the Championship Play-Off semi-finals in their first year back.
Jack C. Clarke
Though Sunderland is currently 22 points outside of the automatic promotion spots, the young “diamond,” as former manager Tony Mowbray referred to him, has really stepped up his game this season and already has 15 goals and four assists in just 35 appearances.
The 23-year-old has rightfully drawn the attention of several Premier League clubs in recent months with his constantly good performances in the Championship; according to The Standard, Burnley had a £15 million bid rejected just last month.
According to the source, an offer of almost £20 million, or 2566% more than what Sunderland paid Tottenham in 2022, would be required to secure his departure from the northeast.
From a financial standpoint, Spurs might profit up to £10 million from any transaction, but it’s hard not to wonder if Clarke would have been better off remaining in north London.
There’s every chance the Sunderland star could have made that position his own this year, with Son accounting for 11 of his 18 goal involvements as a center-forward, Timo Werner contributing just two assists in six appearances, and Brennan Johnson returning just two goal involvements in seven games on the left.
In the end, he is no longer a Tottenham player, and the possible sell-on might bring in a respectable sum of money for the team.
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