This article includes exclusive comment from former Tottenham scout Bryan King.
Tottenham have been involved in plenty of speculation surrounding their young starlet Mikey Moore over the last few weeks.
Moore broke through into the first team in N17 last season, but has continuously been linked with a move away from the Lilywhites this summer.
Moore’s camp has been pushing to secure a loan move away from Spurs, while there have also been murmurs of a potential permanent exit.
The attacker has been a topic of much discussion in the early stages of the Thomas Frank era, and it now appears that things could be about to come to a head regarding his future.
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Tottenham are losing patience as Moore chooses Rangers
Moore’s future at Tottenham has now taken another turn, with the emergence of Rangers as the frontrunner to take him on loan this season.
The Scottish giants are currently midway through their UEFA Champions League qualifying campaign, but they have quickly entered the fray for Moore over the last few days.
Championship side West Brom have also been heavily linked with the wideman, but he is now understood to be set to join Rangers imminently, according to Sky Sports journalist Michael Bridge via X (28 July).
Ex-Spurs scout Bryan King – speaking exclusively to Tottenham News – believes that the Lilywhites may be losing patience with Moore as a result of the saga, and also feels that the youngster has a big season ahead of him.
“I was expecting more from him (Moore),” King said.
“I was expecting him to really hit the ground running in the first team this year.
“He should certainly be breaking into Tottenham’s first team soon, if he’s going to fulfil the potential that we were told he would.
“He’s got a tough year ahead of him because there’s only so long that a team like Tottenham are going to wait for even a 17 or 18-year-old. Many 17 and 18-year-olds are breaking into first teams today.
“He seems not to have progressed as well as everybody perhaps thought he would.”
Moore is a victim of the managerial change at Spurs
Moore received plenty of gametime at Spurs under Ange Postecoglou during last season, and he has perhaps found himself caught as a victim of the managerial change at the Lilywhites.
It may have been the player and his camp who were striving to find a suitable loan move this time around, but that could easily have come as a result of Frank suggesting that he won’t see the same number of minutes now.
The Dane will want to make a strong start to life at Spurs, and will therefore probably be looking towards his more established Premier League players, particularly during the early stages of his reign.
There could be scope for Tottenham to recall Moore partway through the season if he catches the eye, but for now at least, it seems like a good move for the starlet.