Tottenham’s version of Now You See Me, Now You Don’t

After recalling Jack Clarke from Leeds United just two weeks ago, Tottenham have once again decided to loan him out, as the teenager prepares for his stint at QPR.

Jose Mourinho didn’t require much time to decide that Clarke is better off elsewhere. The gaffer believes his development is in fact better served at the Championship side. Barely provided enough time to unpack, Clarke’s loan to QPR was confirmed this morning.

QPR sit in 15th place in the Championship and are desperate for some skillful reinforcement. Hopefully that desperation will result directly in increased playing time for the young Englishman, who barely got a sniff while on loan at Leeds.

Mourinho must have a solid inclination that Clarke will play a more influential figure at QPR than he did at Leeds. The Portuguese gaffer had enough time to evaluate Clarke’s skill set and feels strongly about the overall benefits of the new loan deal.

His loan at QPR will last until the end of the season. The 19-year-old said, to QPR’s official website, the following after arriving at Loftus Road earlier:

"“I am delighted and looking forward to getting started.“Hopefully I can kick on and help the team. I like to create chances, take people on, I’m very direct with the ball and love running with it.”And on playing under R’s boss Mark Warbuton, Clarke added: “I spoke to Mark a fair few times.“He was one of the main factors in me coming here – in terms of how he wants to play football and how he sees me fitting in.”"

And Clarke’s début is against, you guessed it, Leeds United this weekend. What a script for the youngster, who might start for the weekend’s massive tilt. Leeds are fighting for automatic promotion to the Premier League, but might, if Clarke has a show-stopping début, begrudge their decision to limit Clarke’s playing time to just 19 minutes during his loan spell at Elland Road.

Let’s hope this spell works out significantly better than the last one, as we need the young Englishman to develop and be ready to fight for a first team spot upon his return to north London.