Tottenham Hotspur protege Mikey Moore has allegedly emerged as a target for Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund, and a switch to the Signal Iduna Park could have benefits for Arsenal.
The 17-year-old’s rise to fame has one pleasing aspect of an otherwise nightmarish domestic season for Ange Postecoglou, and he has already played 20 times for the senior side in all tournaments.
Moore has come up with one goal and two assists for Spurs in that time and earned 71 minutes in Sunday’s 2-0 home loss to Crystal Palace, replacing the injured Dejan Kulusevski in the first half.
However, even with captain Son Heung-min struggling with a foot injury, Moore has struggled to force his way into Postecoglou’s lineup, with Richarlison being preferred on the left flank.
Moore contributed one goal and one assist in the Europa League league phase, but the 2007-born talent has not played a single minute of continental football in the knockout stages during Spurs’ run to the final.
Moore ‘more likely’ to join PL club than Dortmund
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Moore penned a professional contract on his 17th birthday in August, but he was not permitted to sign a deal of longer than three years, meaning that he could become a free agent in 2027 as things stand.
Tottenham will likely try to extend Moore’s contract when he turns 18 in three months’ time, but according to journalist Florian Plettenberg, Borussia Dortmund are now plotting a move for the England Under-19 international.
The Bundesliga giants are even said to have touched base with Moore’s agents, but their interest has not developed into anything more than exploratory talks at this stage.
Furthermore, if Moore is to depart Tottenham this summer, Plettenberg claims that the teenager is more likely to stay in the Premier League than try his hand at foreign football.
Moore has represented Tottenham since joining as an Under-9s player in 2016, and he could win his first senior trophy next Wednesday when Postecoglou’s side take on Manchester United in the Europa League final.
Tottenham could hand Arsenal, Chelsea transfer favour with Moore sale
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Dortmund poaching top English talents and giving them a platform to thrive is nothing new – see Jude Bellingham and Jadon Sancho – and the duo’s successes in Germany would prove a brilliant sales pitch for BVB.
Jamie Gittens is the latest embryonic Englishman to thrive in the black and yellow strip, so much so that the 20-year-old is apparently being courted by several Premier League sides, most notably Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal.
Gittens has reportedly informed his teammates of his desire to move on this summer, and Dortmund may be powerless to prevent him from departing due to a €60m (£50.5m) release clause in his contract.
BVB’s supposed interest in Moore suggests that they are worried about the prospect of losing Gittens, and if Spurs were to sell their 17-year-old to the 2023-24 Champions League runners-up, they could be doing bitter rivals Arsenal a massive favour.
