The Spurs youngster, who joined from the Whites in the summer, has had very little game time since his Elland Road loan return.
Leeds United are at risk of losing Tottenham Hotspur loanee Jack Clarke in January due to a combination of lack of game time and Marcelo Bielsa giving the youngster the “cold shoulder”, a report in The Mirror has claimed.
Spurs signed the Whites academy graduate for an undisclosed fee – which The Mirror claims to be £10million – in the summer but made an instant return to Elland Road on loan for the 2019-10 season.
However, Clarke is yet to play a single minute in the Championship for Leeds this season, and his only starts came in the Carabao Cup – a competition that the Whites have been knocked out of, which is reportedly of concern to the 18-year-old.
With the EFL having a rule in place in which only five loanees can be in a matchday squad, and the Whites currently having six at Elland Road, Clarke has been the one to miss out, and with no cup action for them now until the FA Cup third round in January, the prospects of game time at the club this calendar year do not look too good.
In addition, The Mirror claims that Clarke feels he is being ignored by Bielsa, and it is understood that the Argentine has not spoken to the youngster to explain why he keeps leaving him out.
Therefore, Tottenham and Clarke’s camp are reportedly reviewing his situation, with a January recall not just seemingly possible – a clause is believed to have been inserted by Spurs in the deal – but also likely, the report saying they are “set” to do so.
“He is unhappy with the situation and accepts he may have to leave his boyhood club in January to play more regularly,” ends the report.
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