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Mikey Moore Scout Report: Tottenham’s 19-Year-Old Winger on Loan at Köln

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When Mikey Moore became Tottenham’s youngest Premier League player at 16, I noted him as a promise. Two and a half years on: a Europa League winner, PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year at Rangers, and from 31 August 2026 on a season-long loan at Köln. The 19-year-old English winger is now taking his first steps in the Bundesliga; the data is still small, but the history makes for a long file. This file is a monitoring note, not a transfer recommendation.

Mikey Moore

Winger

Mevki	Winger
Kulüp	1. FC Köln (on loan from Tottenham)
Uyruk	England
Yaş	19
Doğum	11.08.2007
Boy	1.80 m
Sözleşme	With Tottenham until 2030

70/100

GP SCOREMeasured today by a 47-game season at Rangers, with a high ceiling set by his age and Tottenham's technical academy base.

Moore’s technical side gathers around his courage in one-on-ones. The Bundesliga’s official site compares him to Florian Wirtz and describes a creative, dynamic player bold in one-on-one situations. He attacks directly with the ball at his feet and works space for shots. In his first game for Köln against Stuttgart he took two shots and created two chances in just 45 minutes, with an expected-assists value of 0.72. It is a small sample, but it shows the direction of his attacking threat.

Tactically he is mainly a winger, a profile that carries the ball inside and goes for the shot more than the cross. His early years at Tottenham came with low minutes because he played in the Premier League at 16, beyond his age categories. The Rangers season was a turning point in that respect: 47 games, one of the most pressured environments in Scotland, and a role defences closed down on. Adapting to the Bundesliga’s intense transition play at Köln is the real tactical question of the new season.

Physical data is limited. He stands 1.80 metres and completed a high-tempo season at Rangers with 47 games, an important durability reference. Playing in the Premier League at 16 years 277 days and scoring in the Europa League at 17 years 172 days shows he was physically ahead of his peers. I found no reliable public measurement of his speed and acceleration, so I give no numerical comment on that.

Tottenham: 21 appearances, one goal. He made his Premier League debut on 14 May 2024 against Manchester City (16 years 277 days, the club’s youngest in the competition). He signed a three-year professional contract on 12 August 2024. His Europa League goal against Elfsborg on 30 January 2025 (17 years 172 days) made him the youngest Englishman to score in a major European competition, beating Jimmy Greaves’ 1957 mark. He was in the squad that won the 2024-25 Europa League. Rangers (loan, 1 August 2025): 47 games across all competitions, 7 goals, 4 assists; 33 league games, 7 goals. PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year and Rangers Young Player of the Year. Köln: he made his Bundesliga debut on 4 September 2026 as a half-time substitute in a 4-1 defeat at Stuttgart; by mid-October he had three Bundesliga games, 208 minutes, and no goals or assists. For England youth sides he has 54 caps and 28 goals from U15 to U20.

Strengths

His first strength is one-on-one courage and ball-carrying speed. The second is stage experience unusual for his age: the Premier League at 16, a Europa League goal at 17, 47 games at Rangers at 18 and a European trophy. The third is goal contribution for England youth teams: 14 games and 7 goals for England U19, and the 2023 U17 European title. That foundation gives him an experience base rare in his age group.

Weaknesses and Development Areas

The first issue is limited continuous minutes at Premier League level: 21 games in total for Tottenham. The second is transition load: right after moving from Rangers to Köln, no goal or assist production in his first three Bundesliga games; that is an early warning, not a verdict. The third is role clarity: for a winger who also cuts inside, his place in Köln’s system has not settled yet. The fourth is that basic data such as speed and preferred foot are not clear in public sources.

Career Projection and Contract Status

Moore is under contract with Tottenham until the summer of 2030 and went to Köln on a season-long loan with no purchase option, so his role and minutes depend on his own performance. His database market value appears as about 16.3 million euros from the Rangers period and may be out of date. In the medium term, regular starting minutes and goal contributions in the Bundesliga will be decisive for England U21 and later selections.

GP VERDICTKEEP ON WATCHLIST

A 19-year-old winger with Premier League, Europa League and Rangers experience, taking his first steps in the Bundesliga.

Regular starting minutes at Köln and the start of goal and assist output.

Tolga Şahin, scout in charge of France, Belgium, the Netherlands and England. This report is built on public sources and match viewing and contains no transfer recommendation.

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