Liverpool lead Man Utd, Bayern in race for Toon teen
Liverpool are reportedly leading the race to sign exciting Newcastle United prospect Bobby Clark.
The 16-year-old midfielder – son of former Newcastle and Sunderland midfielder Lee – is regarded highly by the Toon and has drawn attention from a swathe of top European clubs, including Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City and Bayern Munich in recent months.
But the Daily Mail claims Liverpool have emerged as frontrunners to sign the England youth international.
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Clark made his U18 debut for Newcastle in September 2019 at the age of just 14 and has been widely tipped for big things within the game.
Liverpool have shown a willingness to give youth a chance in their first team, with ten academy prospects currently on pre-season tour with the first team in Austria.
An inter-squad game on Wednesday saw a ‘young’ side – skippered by Trent Alexander-Arnold – take on a more senior Liverpool XI.
Alexander-Arnold’s team were victorious and assistant manager Pep Lijnders explained in his training diary for Liverpoolfc.com that the most spectacular goal came from a regular Liverpool substitute, although Sadio Mane also scored a cracker.
Lijnders told Liverpoolfc.com: “During Wednesday morning’s session, the volley of Kostas [Tsimikas] smashing it in with his left foot probably won the most spectacular goal award.
“Sadio also scored one with his left foot from an impossible angle, so not sure who I would give the most spectacular goal award to.
“The young team won the finishing tournament; Trent was using his shooting skills to lead them to victory.
“I told him after the games on Tuesday that in the U16s he scored so many from a big, big distance.
“Maybe he took that on board, or it’s just the competition between old and young… probably the latter, haha!
“The young team showed that every way into the goal is the right way. The ugly ones count the most!”
Although Lijnders picked out Mane and Tsimikas for their shooting quality, it was backup goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher who stole the show for the young side, leading some of the senior players to share some choice words.
“But, to be honest, the player of the tournament was Kelleher,” Lijnders added.
“His shot stopping and speed reactions were just insane. It shows that a goalkeeper can win you tournaments.
“There was some swearing from the older players towards him!”
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