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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Cakeman added 06:26 - Aug 23 Wonderful signing to add to a large group of major incomings. Some welcome selection headaches on the Horizon.
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SpiritOfJohn added 07:00 - Aug 23 What an exciting player. This is great news and a fantastic bit of business. Well done Mark Ashton.
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victorysquad added 07:07 - Aug 23 Big thanks has to go to ORG who realise to protect their investment we need to establish ourselves in the Premier League. We are on the world stage now and our revenues will only go in one direction the better we get
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Suffolkboy added 07:30 - Aug 23 M A and K M will be pleased with all their planning ,and should be delighted with the outcome. BUT I can’t imagine there’ll be any resting on laurels,for KM will drive on in his quest to get the very best out of each individual and take the team cohesion and performance to yet higher ievels. So so much to anticipate ! COYB
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Broadbent23 added 07:44 - Aug 23 Superb signing. Unfortunately it means some of our old guard will be sold. Now the hard work begins blending old with new. We could do a Leicester in 2 to 3 years. Believe.
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Len_Brennan added 07:44 - Aug 23 This time last year our starting XI was: Hladky Clarke, Woolfenden, Burgess, Davis Morsy, Luongo Burns, Chaplin, Broadhead Hirst Now, when everyone in the squad is fit & available, and the 3 'advanced' deals are completed, only Davis will be a guaranteed starter, with even Morsy's position under threat in the middle from the combination of Phillips & Cajuste, who haven't come here to sit on the bench. What an extraordinary transformation.

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Flamencaman added 07:56 - Aug 23 Wasn’t expecting this for breakfast,what ever’s next,
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branchini1979 added 08:33 - Aug 23 Not being negative because I am stoked by all these signings but because of the massive differential between spending and sales (getting hardly anything from sales) we really do need to finish at least 17th now. Fantastic the owners have backed Mckenna but with that outlay we need to survive and consolidate :)
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Alfie added 09:00 - Aug 23 I am chuffed as nuts about this and our overall business this window but am I the only one who is worried we might have overspent in case the unthinkable happens ? I know Ashton will have structured the deals the right way and I am 100% sure all will be OK but I have that little annoying niggle in the back of my mind. Probably because I'm an ITFC fan and always think half empty and need to start thinking half full :-) COYB

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BonchoBlue added 09:05 - Aug 23 These are the days
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DocMartyn added 10:04 - Aug 23 Sunderland Twitter is RAGING.... :)
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PhuketPete added 10:35 - Aug 23 To those worrying about over-spending. Don’t. In the event we get relegated )which we won’t)… (1) MA knows what he’s doing. (2) if we did drop down we’d lose costs of KP and prob also AB and NC. And no doubt LD would depart for a huge profit. (3). We get £50m parachute. Ergo glass is half full and we can enjoy the ride without fretting about £€$ issues beyond our pay grades.

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wokingblue added 11:48 - Aug 23 Ashton has to be the biggest signing we've made. He's building a top-quality side with McKenna. Thats how to back your management team. BOOOOM!!!
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BeattiesBackPocket added 15:09 - Aug 23 Arc I get your concerns but we’re nowhere near spending what forest did first season. They spent nearly 200 million we’re not even halfway there yet.
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del45 added 22:09 - Aug 23 Why no response from since 15 09.
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