Sunderland struck gold with Jack Clarke

Sunderland have positioned an emphasis on bringing in youthful gamers with the potential to develop and enhance as a part of their recruitment technique in recent times.

Sporting director Kristjaan Speakman, throughout Lee Johnson, Alex Neil, and Tony Mowbray‘s reigns, has constructed a squad packed stuffed with proficient younger gems whose worth might rise within the coming years.

Within the latest January switch window, the Black Cats chief added Joe Anderson, 21, and Pierre Ekwah, 21, to the membership and introduced in 20-year-old Joe Gelhardt on mortgage from Leeds.

That got here after he signed Jewison Bennette, 18, Abdoullah Ba, 19, Aji Alese, 21, and Jack Clarke, 21, amongst others in the summertime window forward of the 2022/23 marketing campaign.

Clarke, specifically, has been an excellent addition to Sunderland’s squad, after spending the second half of final season on mortgage on the Stadium of Mild, and Speakman seems to have struck gold with the previous Tottenham Hotspur man.

How a lot is Jack Clarke price now?

The Black Cats signed the ahead for an undisclosed payment final summer season however FootballTransfers put his anticipated switch worth at €1.8m (£1.6m) between July and August 2022.

Has Jack Clarke been signing?

On the time of writing (16/02/2023), FootballTransfers estimate his switch worth to be round €5.1m (£4.5m) and because of this the York-born gem’s worth has soared by roughly 183% in lower than a 12 months because the dynamo made his everlasting transfer to Wearside.

This can be a deserved rise for the Englishman as he has been in implausible type within the Championship this season and is proving his price as a winger at this degree.

In 29 begins for Mowbray’s aspect within the division, the wizard – who has performed as a wing-back at instances – has scored six targets and supplied six assists while creating 1.5 possibilities per match for his teammates.

Solely Ross Stewart (13) has been immediately concerned in additional targets for Sunderland than Clarke (12) within the league this season and no participant has managed extra assists than the ex-Spurs expertise.

Former Leeds ahead Noel Whelan as soon as hailed the magician’s “effortless” dribbling capacity and the attacker has showcased his thrilling wing play with 1.7 profitable dribbles per recreation within the second tier, which reveals that he persistently beats his man to burst into area down the flanks.

These statistics illustrate how spectacular the 21-year-old has been for the Black Cats this season because the playmaker has been considered one of Mowbray’s high performers within the remaining third – repeatedly delivering targets and assists to vary and win matches for the crew.

Subsequently, Speakman has struck gold for Sunderland by snapping up the teen as Clarke has been a roaring success each by way of what he has supplied on the pitch and his rising market worth.