Liverpool confirm that young midfielder Bobby Clark has left the club to join Red Bull Salzburg in a £10m deal.
Liverpool have confirmed that young midfielder Bobby Clark has left the club to join Red Bull Salzburg in a £10m deal.
The 19-year-old swaps Anfield for Austria after a three-year spell at Liverpool, who poached him from the Newcastle United academy in the summer of 2021.
Clark quickly found his feet on Merseyside and became a prolific goalscorer at youth level, eventually catching Jurgen Klopp‘s eye and making his first-team Liverpool debut in their 9-0 crushing of Bournemouth in August 2022.
The midfielder also came off the bench in the 2023-24 EFL Cup final triumph over Chelsea, before scoring his first Reds goal in a 6-1 Europa League battering of Sparta Prague later that season.
In total, Clark made 14 senior appearances for Liverpool – scoring one goal and providing two assists – and Arne Slot‘s side will reportedly receive up to £10m through the sale of the teenager.
The Reds are also understood to have negotiated a 17.5% sell-on clause, and they will also have first refusal to re-sign Clark if Salzburg do decide to sell him further down the line.
The 19-year-old has signed a long-term contract with Salzburg until the summer of 2029 and reunites with Pep Lijnders, who left his role as Liverpool assistant to take charge of the Austrian giants at the end of last season.
🔥 OFFICIAL: Bobby Clark has signed for FC Red Bull Salzburg.
The talented English midfielder joins on a long term contract from @LFC.
The one you’ve been waiting for 🌟 pic.twitter.com/DjIf0jypGC
— FC Red Bull Salzburg EN (@FCRBS_en) August 22, 2024
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