Clarke Linked With Lincoln City

29th May 2009

According to press reports in London today, Lincoln City FC are interested in signing Billy Clarke.

Clarke is a free agent and is highly sought after, so if he should join The Imps then it would quite a coup for Lincoln. He is also the type of player that Lincoln City' supporters would welcome at Sincil Bank as he is a quality goal scorer despite his young age.

Notts County have already expressed their interest in signing Clarke and are believed to have offered him a two year contract. The bad news for both Lincoln and Notts County is that newly promoted League One club Brentford - where this story originates - are also keen to re-sign Clarke.

Brentford manager Andy Scott confirmed: "Billy is one of the centre-forwards I’m interested in. I spoke to him at the end of last season, and we’re monitoring what’s happening with him."

Clarke spent the last few weeks of the season on loan at Brentford where he scored five goals in eight appearances, thereby helping Brentford to promotion.

21-year-old Clarke was a surprisingly released earlier this month by his parent club Ipswich Town. This could be something to do with his return of just four goals in fifty-six appearances although over half of these appearances were as a substitute.

Clarke was loaned to Darlington (9 goals in 25 appearances), Northampton Town (3 goals in 5 appearances) and Brentford (5 goals in 8 appearances) during the 2008-09 season.

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