Jack Clarke

[Banks]

surprised he would go to a team that will be back in the championship next season

I don't think they will be Clarkes a great signing for them

 

[Joey Joe Jo Shabadoo]

Strange move and a baffling fee. Sigh.

 

[Geppetto]

Exactly the point is if Povenda isn’t a left winger then neither is Clarke. Of course Povenda can play either wing just as Clarke could

Clarke only played on the left for us.

We play with inverted wingers, Poveda is left footed, he won't be playing on the left unless we change our style of play.

 

[TZMouk]

I never said anything about him leaving on a free. However, he is by far our best footballer and has played a massive part in our good start.
Receiving £11m is pitiful

I know you didn't, but that's the risk you'd have if you didn't sell him.

I personally think he's worth more than £20m, but other clubs seemingly don't.

 

[sofatester]

It’s not if all the cash isn’t invested back into the club though is it

Only time will tell but I doubt these 2 new forwards who are expected to sign will be free transfers

 

[SAFC 2012]

Ah gerrin, I was wondering how long it would take for the 'We're a one trick pony under Clarke, we'll play better football without him' posts, same was said when Bent left.

Surely somebody hasn’t posted that

 

[Drexl]

If it’s the one with Sharon Stone, I’ll be raking in your bin, mate

If you do will you grab my shirt signed by Hemir, I think we’re going to need him

 

[Coeus]

40% of 11m is taking the piss like.

 

[Wearside Wanderer II]

Fair play to Ipswich getting the lad who doesn’t really want to sign for them.
They must be buzzing.

 

[KLDs Sunglasses]

It isn’t totally different. I’m not disputing that that sale worked out well for us, I’m arguing the fact that many said it would result in us upgrading our recruitment. Instead we seemingly spaffed it on players like Hjelde, Rusyn etc.

Stewart was in the final year of his contract and wasn’t renewing, whilst recovering from a big injury. Clarke has 2 years left and has been our stand out player for the past god knows how long. Bizarre reason to sell him.

Totally agree with your point though, spunked the stewart money on absolute shite. Hopefully the same doesn’t happen again, not getting my hopes up though.

 

[DonaldDownTheWing]

Can we start changing the narrative yet? Clarke massively out-performed his xG last season which would indicate that was a one off season.

He just stood out playing with Roberts on the other side who frankly was f***ing useless last season.

Doubt we’ll miss him.

 

[Lonz]

As good as. We've accepted a £20m offer from Ipswich, this includes £5m add ons and we owe Spurs 20% apparently, so we're looking at 12m excluding add ons.

It’s about £5m short of being somewhat palatable.

 

[jesus juice]

Of all the clubs mate

I think he’s putting himself even more in the shop window as I really don’t think they’ll stay up. But let’s see

 

[coyneeee_s]

Hard to believe Clarke is happy to leave for a club who realistically are dead certs to be relegated. Ipswich will be back in the Championship next season so where’s the progression for him?

He must have a say in his future he’s not just a commodity to be traded, he owns the rights to his own intellectual property ( him in effect ). He has a contract so he could refuse and sit on the bench if he wanted even though we know that wouldn’t happen as he’s the best player at the club.

If he goes then that raises questions about his ambition or his financial ambition.

Ipswich are capable of staying up tbh.

His agent is the biggest culprit in all of this, he's been lurking about the AoL all pre-season posting on X his whereabouts, he's very more than likely verbally agreed a massive wage rise at Ipswich which has turned Clarke's head and made him request the trasnfer.

 

[SuperKevsLeftBoot]

Btw .. if he rejected a contract maybe they thought well we better sell him now? 1 year left and it could be less money?

 

[seaburnmackem]

I don’t think this is a good deal for Jack Clarke as Ipswich will probably be relegated this season or for Sunderland as surely he’s worth more than figures quoted. The Stewart Money was not reinvested in a decent replacement so I’ve little confidence the money will be spent wisely this time.

It is a good deal for Clarke. He now has an opportunity at the Premier League. Which he deserves. Even if Ipswich are relegated he will be in a very strong championship team (much stronger than we will be). Also he could impress and another premier league club could come in for him if Ipswich are relegated. The only losers in this are us. The fee is pathetic.

 

[Quillips]

Apparently hes gutted we’ve accepted the offer, and is feeling like his hands being forced now

Classic attempt to switch the blame for his leaving to the club, to stay sweet with our fans. “I’m being forced into signing this multi-million pound contract, i tells you.”

 

[Grimes]

Take a bite out of Wee Phillie if you get peckish

He’s off doing a dirty protest

 

[Steve F]

Where'd you get 40% from?

Some reports quoted 40%, some 25%. Tbh almost secondary to how we have accepted a fee of £15m rising to £20!!
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[Zimba]

Hard to believe Clarke is happy to leave for a club who realistically are dead certs to be relegated. Ipswich will be back in the Championship next season so where’s the progression for him?

He must have a say in his future he’s not just a commodity to be traded, he owns the rights to his own intellectual property ( him in effect ). He has a contract so he could refuse and sit on the bench if he wanted even though we know that wouldn’t happen as he’s the best player at the club.

If he goes then that raises questions about his ambition or his financial ambition.

There's no progress at this club. We're a rank average Championship team and that's being generous.

I don't blame him for wanting to leave, we'll be a League One team again before long.