Sunderland hit gold selling “monster” star who was worth as much as Clarke
Sunderland fans will be fearing the worst regarding the future of Jack Clarke this summer, with the former Tottenham Hotspur winger potentially clamouring for a new challenge, especially if the Premier League comes calling.
There’s an argument that the mercurial 23-year-old has outgrown his Stadium of Light surroundings now, having bagged 15 goals last campaign in an otherwise uninspiring Black Cats team for the most part, with the likes of Southampton tempted to give Clarke an avenue back up to the top-flight this summer.
No soul-sapping double whammy will come Sunderland’s way, however, with Fabrizio Romano revealing that Jobe Bellingham will stay fixed in his Wearside location, as the 18-year-old still has plenty of room to grow in the Championship.
No doubt, if Clarke does go, the former Birmingham City boy wonder will follow suit eventually for some mega bucks, in a similar fashion to a homegrown product who left for a big fee back in 2017.
Jack Clarke’s time at Sunderland
Clarke has been a player that was thrust into the conscience of many a football fan from an early age for once being a highly tipped youngster, joining Tottenham Hotspur for £10m after starting his career as a wide-eyed winger at Leeds United.
That major move just didn’t work for Clarke, who had to rebuild his tainted career at Sunderland, which he has done remarkably well.
Including last season’s impressive 15-goal haul in the Championship, the electric ex-Whites attacker has amassed 27 goals and 22 assists from 112 total Sunderland appearances, with Clarke now champing at the bit to test himself in the top-flight again, even after his Spurs nightmare.
Sunderland will understandably be gutted to lose Clarke if he does finally move on this summer, with the standout Black Cats number 20 the only real recognised left-wing option in Regis Le Bris’ squad at this moment in time, but the millions they could obtain from his sale would be presumably be reinvested to strengthen.
Jack Clarke’s transfer value
According to Football Transfers, away from Sunderland’s own high price-tag being slapped above Clarke’s head, the in-demand winger is worth just £7.1m, but he will be sold on for far more than this.
Indeed, the reported fee that Sunderland could accept this summer stands at £30m.
Once worth just £844k back in 2020, right in the midst of his dire spell in North London, Sunderland will make some significant profit on Clarke if he is sold on for that dream price tag, with his value far lower than that when the Black Cats permanently purchased him in 2022.
