Southampton ‘ready to table £15m bid for former Tottenham star if they get promoted’… with the in-form Sunderland winger ‘keen to return to the Premier League’

• Clarke spent three years at Tottenham from but failed to play in a league game
• He has been in good form for the Black Cats this season in the second division
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In the summer, Sunderland hopes to emerge victorious in the competition to sign outstanding player Jack Clarke.

With 15 goals and 4 assists in 33 league games thus far this season, Clarke has shown promise in the Championship.

 

He scored a goal against Birmingham on Saturday, demonstrating his importance

to Sunderland. After struggling at Tottenham, he is allegedly eager to try

his luck in the Premier League once more.

That would entail leaving the Black Cats, who are now four points out of the play-

off spots in the league standings and ranked 10th under Michael Beale, if they are not promoted this season.

 

The Sun claims that Southampton, who want to automatically advance, are

prepared to put up a £15 million offer for Clarke in an attempt to entice him to the south coast.

In 2019, Clarke, then eighteen, left Leeds, who had recently lost in the

Championship play-offs to try and make it to the Premier League, to sign with

Tottenham for a reported sum of around £10 million.

However, things didn’t work out in North London, and after failing to play in the

league for Spurs for three years, he permanently moved to Sunderland in July 2022.

 

Before relocating permanently to the Stadium of Light, he was on loan at QPR,

Stoke, Sunderland, and Leeds throughout his stint with the team.

 

After being relegated last year, Southampton has high expectations of

returning to the Premier League right away under Russell Martin.

 

With a game remaining, the Saints trail both the final automatic promotion spot

and second-place Ipswich by two points in the Championship table.

Many current Premier League teams are reportedly pursuing Clarke as well; West

Ham was reportedly tied to a January bid that was never fulfilled.

 

The former England U21 star is also highly regarded by Brentford, Crystal

Palace, and Lazio, who have apparently also expressed interest.

 

In Clarke’s next move, Tottenham is rumored to have a 25% sell-on clause, which might raise the price paid for him.

When Clarke joined Sunderland in 2022, he agreed to a four-year contract.