depending on how loud it is it might be normal. this car isnt an audi, i can hear the release of the clutch too, but there is nothing wrong with the car, its that my ears are fine tuned to listening for problems with cars.

but with 10k miles on the car when you bought it, and you bought it used.. are you honestly that surprised that it might need a clutch?
i mean, don't you realize the some 16year old racer wannabe probably got it as his first car and dropped the clutch a bunch of times, when he doesn't even know how to drive a stick because he is 16 and its his first car? i've bought cars being told it needed a clutch and put another 40-50k miles on them, but i have also ridden around with a lot of people who have no business driving a stick.

I would approach the dealer carefully, and ask. But being you have had it 3 weeks they might place all the blame on you. But id would depend on the mileage. Better dealers will typically honor it if caught soon enough. but again it depends on if its actually loud or not.