Despite a 16-year playing career, Lee Clark has jokingly revealed how people refer to him as Bobby Clark’s dad.
Lee made 184 appearances in the Premier League for Newcastle and Fulham, scoring 13 top flight goals as a midfielder.
Following retirement he stepped into the world of management and took charge at English clubs including Huddersfield Town and Birmingham City and non-league outfit Blyth Spartans.
He then managed Sudanese side Al Merrikh before moving to Omani outfit Al Ittihad Club and then returning to the former for a second spell.
Despite his travels far and wide, Clark hilariously told talkSPORT that he is now referred to as the dad of his son Bobby, who came off the bench for Liverpool in their Carabao Cup final win over Chelsea.
Speaking to Andy Goldstein and Darren Bent on Drive about if the 19-year-old can reach the very top, he said: “If he keeps wanting to learn and be the best he can be, and he’s at a great club with great mentors, good senior players, he’s got the opportunity.
“It’s how much he wants to grasp it because it’s a wonderful career to have, Darren will tell you that. To do something you love, you’ve grown up as a young kid doing, now you get paid for it. It’s a fantastic career so it’s up to him how badly he wants to be with the very best.
“I mean, it’s changed now, you are one of the last few people who has called us Lee Clark the ex-player, I’m now known as Bobby Clark’s dad, that’s it.”
“I’m still in the clouds mate, still in the clouds,” he added about the Reds’ success at Wembley on Sunday.
“Found out Saturday [Bobby was on the bench] after the final session and Jurgen [Klopp] had confirmed everything with the starting XI and the substitutes before they travelled to London.
“When I was at the game yesterday, seeing him get the shout to get ready and stripped and play an important part in what the team achieved. It was just surreal, tears of joy at the end mate, tears of joy.”
Clark came on in the 72nd minute against Chelsea to make his ninth senior appearance for Liverpool and seventh of the season.
The 19-year-old primarily plays for the Reds’ under-21 side in the Premier League 2 and has featured nine times in the current campaign.
However, it’s clear that Klopp believes he certainly has what it takes to be part of the senior squad having been trusted in a cup final.
