Sunderland have turned down an improved £10m bid from Burnley for winger Jack Clarke, according to a report. Journalist Alan Nixon of the Sun on Sunday is reporting that the Clarets have made a second attempt to prise the 22-year-old away from the Black Cats, having failed with a £7m bid earlier this month.
Vincent Kompany's side won promotion from the Championship last season and are looking for reinforcements ahead of their Premier League campaign. And Clarke's stellar season with Sunderland as the Wearsiders reached the play-offs in their first season back in the second tier after winning promotion from League One has not gone unnoticed.
Clarke, who joined Sunderland from Spurs on a permanent basis last summer after spending the second half of the previous season on loan with the Black Cats, scored nine league goals and contributed 11 assists. It is no surprise that Clarke has attracted interest, although Burnley are so far the only club to have made a firm offer.
