Rangers have signed Tottenham Hotspur winger Mikey Moore on a season-long loan.
The Athletic reported on Friday the two teams had reached an agreement, and both sides later announced the transfer. The 17-year-old will wear the number 47 shirt at Rangers.
It is a deal that does not include an option to buy Moore — a top prospect for club and country.
The England youth international signed his first professional contract last August, with the deal running through to 2027.
Moore broke into the Tottenham first team at the end of the 2023-24 season, becoming the club’s youngest player to make a Premier League appearance when he made his top-flight debut against Manchester City in May.
He made 19 first-team appearances last term under former head coach Ange Postecoglou, scoring once and providing two assists, spending several weeks out with illness.
He caught the eye in the 1-0 win over AZ Alkmaar in the Europa League initial phase in October, after which James Maddison compared Moore to Neymar and Postecoglou admitted that it would be “pretty hard to keep a lid” on the winger’s talent.
Spurs have strengthened in forward areas this summer since replacing Postecoglou with Thomas Frank, completing the signing of Mohammed Kudus from West Ham United in a deal worth around £55million, while they have also made Mathys Tel’s loan move from Bayern Munich permanent.
Scotland could be the perfect move for Moore
Analysis by Tottenham writer Jack Pitt-Brooke
Moore is perhaps the most talented youngster of his generation to emerge from the Tottenham academy, a teenage player who has had a public profile from an early age because of his exploits with Spurs and England age-group teams.
He is very highly rated at Tottenham, and Ange Postecoglou gave him a taste of first-team football last season. Moore made eight starts, three of them in the Premier League, and showed flashes of his obvious talent, especially against Alkmaar, Ferencvaros and Elfsborg in the Europa League.
But young players often need senior football to develop, and going to Scotland could be the perfect move for him. Not only will he get to learn in a more physical league, he will be playing for one of the biggest clubs in the country, one who are currently in the second qualifying round for the Champions League.
Remember that James Maddison, Moore’s Spurs team-mate, had a half-season on loan at Aberdeen when he was a teenager, and it helped him to develop into a top player for Norwich City. If Moore comes back with extra experience and nous, it could be a significant move for all parties.
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