Inclination to manage English clubs in US city (8)
I believe the answer is:
tendency
'inclination' is the definition.
(I know that inclination can be written as tendency)
'manage english clubs in us city' is the wordplay.
'manage' becomes 'tend' (I've seen this in another clue).
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'clubs' becomes 'c' (abbreviation used in card games such as bridge).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'us city' becomes 'ny' (short for New York).
'c' put within 'ny' is 'ncy'.
'tend'+'e'+'ncy'='TENDENCY'
'to' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for tendency that I've seen before include "Inclination or leaning" , "Likelihood - inclination" , "Inclination - political faction" , "'Inclination, disposition (8)'" , "Inclination towards a particular behaviour" .)