Tottenham Hotspur are said to have included a hefty sell-on clause in Jack Clarke’s move to Sunderland.
According to TEAMtalk, the Premier League outfit could potentially earn an eight-figure sum if the winger leaves Wearside.
Tottenham signed Jack Clarke for around £10 million in 2019 after scoring only two goals in the Championship, and the risk certainly didn’t pay off.
The forward only managed two appearances in the Europa League for Spurs, failing to play a single minute of Premier League football before he was offloaded.
Clarke was sent out on four loan spells before signing for Sunderland permanently last summer.
The 22-year-old has been brilliant ever since, bagging 16 goals and 12 assists in 58 appearances for the Black Cats.
With seven league goals under his belt already this term, Clarke has been heavily linked with a move to the Premier League. The likes of Burnley, Crystal Palace and Brighton have all shown interest in signing the youngster.
The Clarets already saw a bid of over £10 million turned down for Clarke in the summer, while the report claims that Sunderland value him at around £20m.
Tony Mowbray’s side could be eager to land a huge fee for their star man, especially considering they will reportedly have to cough up up to 50% of it to Tottenham.
TEAMtalk claim that Spurs included the sell-on clause which could see them earn as much as half of his transfer fee, meaning they could fork in £10m if Sunderland get their asking price.
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This would be huge news for Ange Postecoglou‘s side, who could pretty much wipe out the £10m sum they paid for Clarke four years ago.
While Tottenham definitely made a mistake in signing Jack Clarke for such a high fee, they were very sensible to include the sell-on clause when he returned to the second tier.
Spurs have a history of buying young players from the Championship that never work out, such as the likes of Joe Rodon, Djed Spence and Ryan Sessegnon.
Fingers crossed the new-look Spurs means some more sensible transfer business too.
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