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Port Vale boss John Askey believes versatile defender Mitch Clark will join Premier League outfit Leicester City.

Clark impressed on loan at Vale from Aston Villa last season and so Vale were interested in signing him this summer after he was released by Villa.

So, Askey has kept in touch with the player's agent but said this evening he doesn't expect the 20 year old to be coming to Vale Park.

Speaking after tonight's 1-0 win at home to Fleetwood, the manager said: "I have been told that he has signed for Leicester.

"I think if he goes to Leicester then I don't think they will loan him out until January anyway. You get to a stage where you just move on and hopefully we can get somebody in better."

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Clark came through the youth system at Villa and was making his first appearance in the Football League when he joined the Vale on loan last August. But he started 39 league games for the Vale, playing both on the right and left, at full back and wing back.

Askey still wants to sign a right back as competition for James Gibbons. He would also like to being in a goalkeeper and possibly a striker, budget permitting.

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