Sunderland have accepted Town’s bid for forward Jack Clarke.

Last night, news emerged that the club had made their move for the 23-year-old left-sided attacker and TWTD can confirm, as per reports elsewhere, that the Black Cats have now accepted that offer.

The fee is £15 million up front, potentially rising to £20 million. Clarke’s former club Tottenham are due 25 per cent of the fee from a sell-on.

York-born Clarke joined the Leeds United academy in 2009 and went on to make his first steps in senior football with the Whites in 2018, going on to make five starts and 20 sub appearances, scoring two goals.

His performances for the West Yorkshiremen led to an £8,500,000 move to Tottenham in July 2019, after Town boss Kieran McKenna had left the North Londoners.

Spells on loan back at Leeds, QPR, Stoke and Sunderland followed before the switch to Wearside was made permanent in July 2022, signing a four-year deal.

Lazio, West Ham United and Southampton had previously been linked with Clarke, who scored 15 times and recorded four assists last season.

Overall for Sunderland, the former England U20 international has made 90 starts and four sub appearances, scoring 27 times.

The Blues have been on the lookout for a left-sided forward with a move for Hull City’s Jaden Philogene coming close to completion before the England U21 international instead opted to rejoin Aston Villa.

Town are still working through the paperwork relating to Armando Broja’s loan move from Chelsea with no announcement now expected until Friday.

Clarke and Broja will be the Blues’ 10th and 11th signings of the summer with the 12th - and perhaps last of the summer - likely to be a centre-half with Town looking to bring in Anel Ahmedhodžić from Sheffield United.

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LimerickTractorBoy added 22:45 - Aug 22 Wowwers
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Van_Blue added 22:46 - Aug 22 I think you said it all Limerick, unbelievable
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Murphys_Law added 22:46 - Aug 22 This one really ticks the boxes. Such an exciting talent.
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Bluearmy_81 added 22:47 - Aug 22 That’s how to back a manager…
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GavITFC added 22:48 - Aug 22 Get in!! Great timing, we should have the medical done just in time for the January transfer window! ;)
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ploughman added 22:48 - Aug 22 It just keeps getting better and better - young, hungry players who are the cream of the championship. Amazing. Just a centre-back now and we're done
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ploughman added 22:48 - Aug 22 It just keeps getting better and better - young, hungry players who are the cream of the championship. Amazing. Just a centre-back now and we're done
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rkl added 22:50 - Aug 22 His agent is Ian Harte
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BeattiesBackPocket added 22:54 - Aug 22 I literally have to pinch myself at the moment oh how things have changed since Evans sold up and the new owners, Ashton and McKenna came in.
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Leejames99 added 22:59 - Aug 22 Amazing, Liam Cooper next or Joel Matip both on free, Liam Cooper solid choice or...Tyrone Mings
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arc added 23:01 - Aug 22 Call me a coward or something, but am I the only one terrified by all this spending? We're going to have to sell an awful lot of pink shirts to make this work. Still, as long as we keep McK... :-)
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bringmeaKuqi added 23:03 - Aug 22 This could be massive. More much needed pace and another player with real potential. Incredible move if it comes off. Sunderland fans on forums were completely dismissive of this move saying we were nowhere near his valuation or a club he'd choose. How wrong they might be
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Mariner1974 added 23:06 - Aug 22 Leif's getting the old band back together! That Suffolk Sunshine is so hard to resist...
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runaround added 23:12 - Aug 22 Will be an amazing signing Let’s get it done
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GoingUp added 23:27 - Aug 22 Be careful what you wish for lol
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Fat_Boy_Tim added 23:34 - Aug 22 I’m starting to think that playing Liverpool and Man City early on isn’t so much an opportunity for us but lucky for them that we haven’t got our full squad together yet.
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MVBlue added 23:40 - Aug 22 I'm so pleased we've gone with the Forest route woth a dozen improvement signings after promotion. Difference is Forest had more cancelled loans, our squad is still intact. Welcome aboard Clarke!!!
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ArnieM added 23:42 - Aug 22 UN BELIEVABLE JEFF!!
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Leejames99 added 23:48 - Aug 22 Just Clarke, Hutchinson, Delap and Smodicks, Broadhead and Chaplin had roughly over 100 goals combined last season - what a team
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runningout added 00:02 - Aug 23 very decent if it goes through:-)
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Europablue added 00:07 - Aug 23 MVBlue We haven't gone the Forrest route and replaced the entire squad, we did that in League One and it didn't work. Forrest scraped survival in the Prem and were very fortunate to do so. You can't afford to bring in an entirely new squad. 12 players sounds a lot, but it is really just covering a lot of loans and expired contracts, plus the normal additions. We also haven't broken the bank and have not risked breaching the rules.

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ITFC_Singapore added 01:37 - Aug 23 A little bit of wee just came out.
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rdibble added 02:27 - Aug 23 Booooooooommmmmmm Amazing
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Bluemike31 added 05:05 - Aug 23 Mark Ashton, the messiah !!!!!
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OleTheKitMan added 06:17 - Aug 23 I love this football club
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