Sunderland’s sporting director Kristjaan Speakman has been reflecting on the summer transfer window and the business done by the clubSunderland’s sporting director believes that the club have the options they need to compete without Jack Clarke and that it would not have been realistic to stand in the way of a Premier League move for the second summer in a row.
Kristjaan Speakman sanctioned Clarke’s move to Ipswich Town ahead of the final week of the transfer window, having rejected a number of bids from Burnley last summer. Clarke was into the final two years of his current deal and there was a significant gap between the two parties, meaning a contract renewal was deemed highly unlikely.
