I am a former Premier League player who managed in Sudan and Oman, but I am now known as the father of the Liverpool star.
Despite a 16-year playing career, Lee Clark has jokingly revealed how people refer to him as Bobby Clark's father.
Lee made 184 appearances in the first division for Newcastle and Fulham, scoring 13 top-flight goals as a midfielder.
Following his retirement, he entered the world of management, taking charge of English clubs such as Huddersfield Town and Birmingham City and non-league side Blyth Spartans.
He then managed Sudanese side Al Merrikh before moving to Oman's 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 known as the father of his son Bobby, who came off the bench during Liverpool in its Carabao Cup final victory about Chelsea.
Speaking to Andy Goldstein and Darren Bent on Drive about whether the 19-year-old can make it to the 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 players senior, you have the opportunity.
“It's how much he wants to understand it because it's a wonderful career, Darren will tell you. Doing something you love, something you grew up doing as a kid, now you get paid for it. It's fantastic.” career, so it's up to him how much he wants to be with the best.
“I mean, now it's changed, you're one of the last people Lee Clark the former player has called us, now I'm known as Bobby Clark's father, that's all.”
“I'm still in the clouds, mate, still in the clouds,” he added of the Reds' success at Wembley on Sunday.
“I found out on Saturday (Bobby was on the bench) after the last session and Jurgen (Klopp) had confirmed everything with the starting eleven and substitutes before traveling to London.
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“When I was at the game yesterday, I saw him screaming to get ready and get naked and play a big part in what the team accomplished. It was just surreal, tears of joy at the end, 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 team in Premier League 2 and has played nine times in the current campaign.
However, it is clear that Klopp believes he certainly has what it takes to be part of the senior team having been trusted in a cup final.
