Tottenham have been trying to go young all summer, looking in particular not only to buy teenage talent from outside for their first team but also integrating academy talent into the senior setup.
One such player is Mikey Moore, in whom the club have put a lot of faith.
And the young forward is also being hyped from outside the North London club.
Lilywhite Rose host John Wenham backs Mikey Moore to soon challenge Son Heung-min for starting role
Speaking exclusively to Tottenham Hotspur News, John Wenham, host of the Lilywhite Rose podcast, heaped praises on Tottenham’s teenage starlet Mikey Moore, making a bold claim about him.
“Moore already has a full 90 minutes under his belt in the UEFA Europa League this season.
“Tottenham have played 10 games and Moore has featured in half of those. He has made fantastic progress.
“You can see that the club are earmarking him for a permanent first-team role next season. I suspect he will be battling it out with Son to be the starting left-winger next year.
“That is exciting to see. We would have a homegrown, club-trained player of Moore’s quality, who is just 18 years old, starting regularly next season. I think we can see that is what is going to happen.”
Wenham on Moore.
The 17-year-old is a quintessential Postecoglou forward, someone who is capable of playing both centrally and out wide in the final third of the pitch.
Integrated into the senior Spurs squad this season, the England U19 international has made five senior appearances for the Lilywhites thus far, though he has contributed with neither goals nor assists as of yet.
Moore does have a stellar record for Spurs at youth level, boasting 20 goals and 15 assists from 33 appearances. His contract at the club is currently set to expire in June 2027.
Too soon? Too soon.
Moore may have broken into the senior setup at Tottenham, and on good on him for doing so, but it is simply too early to be thinking he’ll be ready for a first-team role next season.
In the few appearances he has had so far this season, Moore has looked raw, very raw, and understandably so. He turned 17 just two months ago. What a player that age needs is being handled with care. Putting pressure on him by saying he will be battling it out for the first-team role against one of the club’s greatest-ever players is, at the very least, unhelpful.
It is imperative that Moore gets regular appearances. Let’s see how he performs over the long stretch before making sensational claims, shall we?
