Exclusive: Liverpool plot move to sign Leeds player

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11 Dec 2018, 5:08 am

EXCLUSIVE

Liverpool are plotting a move to sign Leeds United sensation Jack Clarke, Football Insider sources understand.

The attacker, 18, has been fast-tracked into the United first team in recent weeks and has made a big impression as an impact substitute for the Championship promotion hopefuls.

A number of Premier League clubs have been linked with Clarke, who signed his first professional contract with Leeds on his 17th birthday in November of last year.

A source close to the situation has told Football Insider that Liverpool are among the big guns closely monitoring the future of the wonderkid following a series of eyecatching performances in recent weeks and are weighing up a swoop.

Clarke has made six United first-team appearances, all of which have been as a substitute, and helped turn the recent Yorkshire derby against Sheffield United in his team's favour by coming on at half-time and supplying the assist for Pablo Hernandez's goal in the 1-0 win.

The teenager has risen through the ranks at Elland Road and has a contract that runs until the summer of 2021.

Manchester City and Chelsea are also keeping close tabs on Clarke, along with Everton.

In other Leeds United news, the club have been hit by a shattering centre-forward blow.

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