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Jack Cork capped off one of the best weeks of his career with a goal and a victory, but still had time to spare a thought for his former club and manager.

The 28-year-old swapped Swansea for Burnley in the summer in a transfer worth up to £10million.

He has excelled at Turf Moor, with a series of fine performances seeing his rewarded with his first England cap in the recent Wembley friendly against Germany.

He returned to club action by scoring the opener for the Clarets as they eased past his former employers 2-0 in Lancashire.

As the midfielder spoke with the media following the game, he broke off to speak to Swansea boss Paul Clement.

The pair have known each other since Cork's academy days at Chelsea, and Cork skippered Swansea regularly under Clement as they fought for, and secured, survival last term.

And, having just piled further pressure on the Swansea head coach, Cork said: “I’ve known him for years, we’ve been close for a few years. He just wanted to know how I was and how the family were," he said of his chat with Clement.

“I was with him for a few years at Chelsea, going back to when I was a kid at 15, 16. He’s been a really big part of my career and when I was coming through the youth team. I’ve always been close to him.

“It was one of those things when I ended up leaving, but he said he still looks out for me and told me ‘well done for England’.

"I said to him that I hoped they can get out of it and find the form I know they are capable of.

"He’s got quality as a manager. He’s been there before and what he did last season was an unbelievable achievement.

"At Christmas we were on 12 points or something and four or five points off safety. He pulled us right out of it, got some big wins, and they know at that club that he’s capable of doing that.

“It was a real mess when he came in back in January and he has shown he can get them out of trouble.”

Of the decision to sell him, and going on to pick up international honours, he added: "I think it maybe wasn’t his (Clement's) decision.

"They bought me for £1.5million, the bid came in from Burnley, which was a lot more than they paid, and they were obviously trying to raise money to bring more midfield players in.

“He said to me, ‘look, you’ll probably play more games there, the club will probably accept the bid, what do you want to do?’.

“As soon as he said it, I thought ‘yeah, why not?’.

“I feel at home here. My family is settled here now.

“It’s been one of those mad weeks you have in your life. You don’t get many of them so you have to enjoy them when they do come around.

“It’s been perfect for me. My family are proud and I’m just enjoying my football.”