Purple Bull Salzburg Signal Liverpool’s Bobby Clark In £10m Switch – Impartial Newspaper Nigeria

Liverpool have confirmed that younger midfielder Bobby Clark has left the membership to affix Purple Bull Salzburg in a £10m deal.

The 19-year-old swaps Anfield for Austria after three years at Liverpool, who poached him from the Newcastle United academy in the summertime of 2021.

Clark shortly discovered his ft on Merseyside and have become a prolific goalscorer at youth degree, finally catching Jurgen Klopp’s eye and making his first-team Liverpool debut of their 9-0 crushing of Bournemouth in August 2022.

The midfielder additionally got here off the bench within the 2023-24 EFL Cup closing overcome Chelsea, earlier than scoring his first Reds purpose in a 6-1 Europa League battering of Sparta Prague later that season.

In whole, Clark made 14 senior appearances for Liverpool – scoring one purpose and offering two assists – and Arne Slot’s aspect will reportedly obtain as much as £10m by way of the sale of {the teenager}.

The Reds are additionally understood to have negotiated a 17.5% sell-on clause, and they’re going to even have first refusal to re-sign Clark if Salzburg does determine to promote him additional down the road.

The 19-year-old has signed a long-term contract with Salzburg till the summer time of 2029 and reunites with Pep Lijnders, who left his function as Liverpool’s assistant to take cost of the Austrian giants on the finish of final season.

Chatting with the official Salzburg web site after his signing was confirmed, Clark touched on the expansion of former teammates Sadio Mane and Dominik Szoboszlai at Salzburg, famend for his or her improvement of younger skills.

“I’m happy to be taking this step in my profession, and I can hardly wait to get out onto the pitch with my new teammates. It’s the good transfer to the proper membership for me,” the England Below-20 worldwide mentioned.

“I noticed at Liverpool the sort of gamers which might be developed in Salzburg like Sadio Mane and Dominik Szoboszlai, and so they have been a giant inspiration for me.

“Everybody is aware of how nice the prospects are for younger gamers right here. I additionally know Pep Lijnders from Liverpool, after all, and the very fact he’s the coach right here influenced my determination.”

In the meantime, sporting director Bernhard Seonbuchner hailed Clark’s relationship with Lijnders as a key issue within the £10m switch, including: “Bobby Clark is a extremely proficient participant with enormous potential, who will enhance additional with us on account of his capacity.

“He has developed largely at Liverpool, has performed within the first workforce there, and is aware of our coach nicely, because of this. That’s the reason we now have managed to signal Bobby for FC Purple Bull Salzburg.”

Salzburg sits prime of the Austrian Bundesliga with three wins from three in the beginning of the brand new season, and Lijnders’s aspect can be on the verge of reaching the Champions League league part after beating Dynamo Kiev 2-0 within the first leg of their qualifying playoff on Wednesday.

(SOURCE: SportsMole)