Following Jack Clarke’s agent’s statement that the player would “probably” and “hopefully” leave the club this summer, Michael Beale claims he has “no concerns” about the player.
Ian Harte, a former left back for Sunderland and the Republic of Ireland, is Clarke’s agent. Harte stated on the “No Tippy Tappy Football” podcast that he anticipates a move this summer after Lazio expressed interest in him during the January transfer window.
Beale stated that Clarke’s performances spoke for themselves, despite not having heard the remarks.
“That’s the first time I’ve heard that,” he said.
“Listen, agents have got a job to do and an agent represents Jack. It’s important that he represents Jack in the right way and I’m sure Jack feels he does. Jack has already reiterated that he’s extremely happy here just last week, so this is going to be an ongoing saga I think until the summer.
“At this moment in time the window is, Jack is here, he’s our player, he looks happy to me. Let’s just focus on that. Someone has got to pay the money and it has to be the right club for Jack. At this moment, this is the right club for Jack.
“He’s a fantastic footballer and he loves playing football so I don’t even need to say anything to Jack – whatever he wants to achieve, ideally here, then he has to play well,” Beale added.
“The boy needs to perform well, but I’m in a win-win situation. We go above and above in terms of our style and the defensive accommodations we make for Jack in order to enable him to be a match-winning player. He’s performing well and loves representing our club. He’s been excellent, and any outside noise is nothing new—in fact, it’s been there since he was truly 17 years old. Even though he is still young, he has a wealth of expertise from his huge move and a few less successful loans. I’d say he’s quite happy since football has become his home. Between now until summer, nothing can happen, and I guarantee that the clamour will only grow louder.”
Harte had said that Clarke would continue to fully focus on Sunderland between now and the summer.
“There was a couple of bids that come in from Lazio, Sunderland didn’t feel like wanted to sell the player in the January window,” Harte said.
The guy must simply concentrate on what he is doing right now, which is playing incredibly well, scoring goals, and providing assists. However, Jack will most likely move this summer. We’re not sure where it is yet, but he’s in a nice place.
“Sunderland is a talented football team.” It’s great to watch this youthful group of players under the new boss. It will be challenging, in my opinion, to try to make the playoffs, but we’ll have to wait and see.
“Burnley came in and bid to Sunderland to try and take Jack last summer,” he continued.
“Sunderland declined it because they thought the valuation was insufficiently high. Being a former player myself, I can only say that, in my opinion, players should just go out and do what they’re paid to do—that is, play for the team, like Jack has done. This season, he has four assists and fourteen goals.
“Seeing top Italian teams interested in a player like Jack is flattering, but the reality is that you have to play consistently for Sunderland, and hopefully he will continue to do so.”
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