Speaking in a Q&A on Tuesday, The Athletic’s Tottenham Hotspur correspondent Charlie Eccleshare has revealed that Spurs youngster Jack Clarke’s confidence has taken a “bit of a knock”.
What did he say?
Well, the Q&A on The Athletic was about the north London outfit’s young players, with one supporter asking if there was any news on Clarke, who was signed for a fee in the region of £10m last July.
The 19-year-old is currently on loan with Championship side Queens Park Rangers following an unsuccessful loan spell with former club Leeds United, where he barely featured under Marcelo Bielsa.
Eccleshare said: “Good question. I haven’t seen any of him at QPR since he moved there in January but understand his confidence took a bit of a knock after the Leeds move became such a fiasco. Hopefully it’ll prove to be just a blip.”
No surprise
Having re-joined the Yorkshire club on loan following his move to Spurs, the teenager would have been hoping to feature regularly for Leeds.
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However, it just didn’t happen for the attacker and he played a sole total of 19 Championship minutes before returning to the capital in the New Year.
Another temporary switch to Queens Park Rangers followed, and the youngster has fared slightly better at Loftus Road.
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He has been in the squad – something that wasn’t always the case at Elland Road – for all of their league games, making four appearances from the substitutes’ bench.
The current break hasn’t exactly helped Clarke in his bid to work his way into Mark Warburton’s starting XI, and it remains to be seen what will happen to him when his loan spell comes to an end.
He certainly hasn’t done enough this season to suggest he will get a chance in Tottenham’s first team, and perhaps rebuilding his confidence should be the first priority.
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