I think it's fair to say that Clarke was more important, before he left, than Jobe is now.
Of course Jobe has a greater potential but he's currently inconsistent.
It's great though, and I agree with you, that it's wonderful to be able to watch lads like him, Amad, etc, come through our club.
Every time we see Jobe we can think of that advert and think, 'Born in Dudley ... made in Sunderland'![]()
It’s a really important point this imo. £30m is a great deal still for us and currently, and I might be being a bit harsh here, Jobe hasn’t even been playing like a player we’d want to spend half of that on this coming season. Potential wise yes it’s massive undoubtedly but this coming season we need players to perform and if we’re spending £15-20m on players they need to be at PL level now and I’m not sure he is just yet. Going somewhere like Dortmund where the pressure is off and he’ll be in a consistent, solid team at the top end of the table dominating games most weeks will be great for his development.
