Sunderland manager Tony Mowbray has said that he ‘didn’t think’ Jack Clarke would start this season as well as he has done.
Clarke has been in unbelievable form this season, scoring again in the 3-1 win over Norwich City on Saturday afternoon.
The 22-year-old is now the top scorer in the Championship, scoring nine goals so far this season, which is already as many as he scored in the second tier last season.
Mowbray surprised by star’s form
Speaking to the Northern Echo, Mowbray spoke about how surprised he has been by Clarke’s form for Sunderland.
“His consistency is really good. On the back of last year, we talked about this in the summer, you’ve got to score 70-odd goals if you want to make the play-offs. Who is going to score them? Amad was gone, our top scorer. Ross eventually moved on. Where were those goals coming from? Genuinely, I didn’t think Jack would get near his goal contribution from last season and yet he’s already at 9. He’s done amazingly well.
“He’s a young boy who got sold to Tottenham for £10 million and so the talent is obviously there,” Mowbray added.
“He’s got a lovely personality, he’s got opinions on football and he does listen. He can’t not, to be fair, when he’s stood right in front of me on the touchline when I’m screaming at him. It’s amazing how tight he keeps the ball to that right foot when he cuts inside, and then straightens up again.”
Mowbray was full of praise for Clarke and rightly so.
Clarke has certainly added more goals to his game, as aforementioned with his stats, and also the fact the he only has one assist so far, when last season he got 11.