Moore relishing Tottenham opportunity after strong start to pre-season

Tottenham imaginable Mikey Moore is loving life nether Ange Postecoglou arsenic nan North London nine cogwheel up for nan caller Premier League season.

The Lilywhites kicked disconnected their pre-season pinch a travel to Edinburgh to look Hearts earlier this week, wherever they won 5-1.

Postecoglou fielded a operation of younker and acquisition crossed nan 90 minutes, pinch respective academy faces impressing nan travelling fans who made nan 16-hour information trip.

A fewer of them were besides connected nan scoresheet, including 16-year-old Moore.

The young talent was introduced successful nan 2nd half and showed nan full stadium what he was astir pinch a driving tally and debased decorativeness to grounds his first elder extremity for nan club.

Moore was reportedly a wanted man earlier signing a caller statement successful North London recently, pinch nan likes of Chelsea, Real Madrid and Arsenal each consenting to salary an eight-figure sum for him.

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But nan Southwark-born midfielder says he wants to enactment astatine his boyhood nine and is enjoying his acquisition successful nan first team.

Speaking to nan nine website, he said: “It’s been different coming into a first-team environment, but it’s been really good.

“I’ve learned a batch complete nan clip I’ve had truthful acold and hopefully I tin conscionable support going.

“It’s been reliable successful nan past mates of weeks – pre-season is ever reliable – but it’s been a bully acquisition getting settled successful and I’m conscionable excited for what’s to come.”

His extremity against Hearts sewage fans disconnected their seats to applaud arsenic he celebrated but it is thing keen academy watchers person not seen before.

Moore added that he is conscionable trying to beryllium himself connected nan transportation and was blown distant by nan supporters singing nan trademark ‘He’s 1 of our own’ song, erstwhile reserved for Harry Kane.

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He said: “To people my first goal, moreover though it was successful a pre-season game, was astir apt nan champion emotion I’ve had truthful far, and to people successful beforehand of nan fans arsenic well… it was unreal!.

“The small dribble and finish… it’s what I’ve been doing successful nan academy truthful I conscionable wanted to support doing what I’ve been doing. Even though it was a pre-season game, it meant everything to me.

“You don’t expect it [the chant], particularly erstwhile you’re conscionable coming into nan team, but I really admit each nan fans doing it, truthful I want to opportunity acknowledgment to them really.”

Moore came connected arsenic a substitute successful 2 Premier League matches towards nan extremity of past play and will beryllium hoping to get much minutes nether nan Australian caput coach successful 2024-25.

Spurs play QPR connected Saturday earlier jetting retired to Asia wherever they will proceed their pre-season preparations.