In the current climate, I take a view that Tottenham Hotspur may have overpaid for Jack Clarke. This wasn’t the first time I’ve seen him play, the 19-year-old has accrued a good few minutes for both Leeds United and Queens Park Rangers. I’ve seen nothing to get excited about. But then what do I know, I also thought Marcus Edwards wasn’t of the required Premier League standard.
With Clarke today, he fell over too much. That said, this is essentially a meaningless game and so it might well be poor form to be overly quick to judge.
Perhaps I’m overthinking these friendlies, but could it possibly be that this is José Mourinho that we’re discussing, and the Portuguese is seizing the opportunity to show Daniel Levy just how limited his resources – beyond his preferred XI – truly are?
As the phrase goes, he who sups with the Devil should have a long spoon. Which of Levy and Mourinho are the most devilish, eh?
