Tottenham Hotspur are among the clubs being credited with interest in the Leeds United winger.
The Leeds United manager, Marcelo Bielsa, has admitted that Jack Clarke belongs at the highest level of football. It follows reports of interest in the young Leeds winger from several Premier League clubs, including Tottenham Hotspur.
However, it is understood that the Whites have no intention on cashing in this month, with the Championship title still in their hands.
Asked about Clarke’s Elland Road future on Thursday – a day after Tottenham were named by the Daily Mirror as new front-runners to sign him – Bielsa told Leeds Live: “The important thing is the opinion of the club and of course the opinion of the player.”
And the Argentine added: “We [he and Clarke] haven’t talked about this subject. It’s something that I didn’t talk about with him.
“We have many young players that arrive at the high level. The players who start the high competition with the first team and play well, we don’t have many players who can do that.
“And even less players who stay as elite players.
“And the step he is making shows he belongs to the category of players who play in the first division and who play at the highest level. But we will have conformation of this with time.”
Academy product Clarke has scored two goals and created as many in 13 games for Leeds this season – his first at senior level.
And a valuation as high as £12 million has been mentioned in some places.
Promotion, however, would be worth considerably more to Leeds, who tied Clarke to a four-year contract in 2017 – leaving them in a strong position to negotiate should an offer arrive from a club such as Tottenham.
Tottenham are currently without a trio of key attackers – Harry Kane, Dele Alli and Heung-min Son.
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