Jack Clarke Believes He Has Earned Second Chance In The Premier League

After three years at Tottenham Hotspur where he failed to make a Premier League appearance, Jack Clarke believes he has now earned a chance to play there with Ipswich Town.

Clarke was signed by the newly-promoted side in August for a fee reported to be $19 million plus add ons. He had impressed his new employers with 15 goals in 40 EFL Championship games for Sunderland last season, including one at Portman Road against Ipswich Town in January.

So far this season, Clarke has had to fight for a place in the team. In his first start against Aston Villa, he impressed with an assist for Liam Delap but after two more games he was replaced by Sammie Szmodics and is now trying to make an impact as a substitute for the Suffolk side.

Nonetheless, Clarke said “I’ve enjoyed every minute of it so far. Obviously, like every player you want to be impacting as much as you can, playing as much football as you can. I feel like we are on the right trajectory in terms of the fact that some of the performances have been really good and mirror what he (head coach Kieran McKenna) described it would be like over the summer and stuff like that.”