Sunderland are considering an offer from Ipswich for winger Jack Clarke, talkSPORT understands.
The bid for the right-footed left winger is worth £15million plus adds on, taking it to around £20m.
The 23-year-old has already scored a goal and registered an assist in just two Championship games for the Black Cats this season.
Clarke was arguably the Championship’s most impressive star last term, scoring 16 goals and offering five assists.
After an incredible 25 goal involvements in the second tier a year earlier, Clarke is starting to fulfill the potential that saw him tipped for stardom as a teenager.
At present, Clarke is a talisman figure in a supremely young and talented Sunderland side featuring Anthony Patterson, Chris Rigg, Dan Neil and Jobe Bellingham.
With two years left on his contract, Sunderland boss Regis Le Bris has urged the player to stick around at the Stadium Of Light.
He said: “I think his position with us is perfect.
“Let’s not change anything! Stay with us, keep growing because we need this kind of player.
“The rest, I don’t know. He’s an important player for us, for sure.”
Coming through the youth setup with Leeds, Clarke earned a £10million move to Tottenham in the summer of 2019, which meant being loaned back to the Yorkshire side for the 2019/20 season, however this was cut short as the 18-year-old moved to QPR.
Signed by Mauricio Pochettino, the winger was faced with a daunting prospect when he moved to London a year later when Jose Mourinho confronted him over his disappointing time with QPR before a friendly, saying: “Either you’re s***, or QPR are s***. And we’ll find out today.”
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Limited to just four appearances for Spurs, Clarke completed a move to Sunderland in January 2022 on an initial loan deal that was made permanent following their promotion from League One to the Championship.
Since then, Clarke has scored 28 goals in 114 appearances for the Black Cats.
Ipswich have already been busy this summer making no less than 10 signings, including deals for Armando Broja, Omari Hutchinson, Liam Delap, Sammie Szmodics and a loan deal for Man City’s Kalvin Phillips.
The Tractor boys will be desperate to get quality to through the door as they aim to avoid an immediate return back to the Championship.
