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Former Liverpool midfielder Bobby Clark in action for Red Bull Salzburg(Image: Rene Nijhuis/MB Media/Getty Images)

Liverpool may want to keep a close watch of events at Red Bull Salzburg this summer as there is the possibility of a financial windfall coming their way.

Bobby Clark, who made 14 appearances for the Reds under Jurgen Klopp, continues to be linked with an exit only 12 months on from leaving Anfield.

Clark made the £10m switch after persistence from Pep Lijnders, Klopp's former assistant, who had made his own steps into management immediately after leaving Liverpool.



Red Bull Salzburg made two lower offers, both rejected, until they were finally able to get the deal for the 20-year-old over the line.

However, Lijnders was dismissed in January after a run of disappointing results and Clark’s minutes have since been limited under successor, Thomas Letsch.

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When the Epsom-born midfielder made the move to Austria, the Reds were shrewdly able to include matching rights for any future sale, and most crucially a 17.5 percent sell-on clause if Clark were to join another team.

Clark was the subject of offers from a number of British clubs so there would appear to be the possibility of a financial boost arriving at Anfield, perhaps even in the next summer window.

However a report Austria, via national outlet Kronen Zeitung, spells out bad news for Liverpool in this regard.

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Taking a look ahead to Salzburg's summer business, they clearly state that the most likely option for Clark is to leave on loan during the summer transfer window.

If this happens then he will have not been sold permanently for a fee, so there would be no cash bonus - at least this summer - for the Reds.

Clark's father, Lee, who played for Newcastle, Sunderland and Fulham across a 16-year career in the nineties and noughties, most recently admitted whilst his son is happy in his new surroundings, it has been a challenging year.

"Bobby is enjoying life in Austria.

"Red Bull is an unbelievable organisation.

"Salzburg are trying to win the league which is always their aim, if not to get into Champions League again.

"It has been hard, the manager he went and signed for in Pepijn Lijnders lost his job so it was the first time Bobby experienced that.

"In a short space of time as a young professional, he has experienced a lot of ups and downs.

It has been a terrific move for him, both for learning and exposure he's had.

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"I would imagine at some time in his career there will be opportunities to come back to the UK.
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