Tottenham prospect Mikey Moore is loving life below Ange Postecoglou because the North London membership gear up for the brand new Premier League season.
The Lilywhites kicked off their pre-season with a visit to Edinburgh to face Hearts earlier this week, the place they gained 5-1.
Postecoglou fielded a mixture of youth and expertise throughout the 90 minutes, with a number of academy faces impressing the travelling followers who made the 16-hour spherical journey.
Just a few of them have been additionally on the scoresheet, together with 16-year-old Moore.
The younger expertise was launched within the second half and confirmed the entire stadium what he was about with a driving run and low end to file his first senior objective for the membership.
Moore was reportedly a wished man earlier than signing a brand new contract in North London lately, with the likes of Chelsea, Actual Madrid and Arsenal all prepared to pay an eight-figure sum for him.
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However the Southwark-born midfielder says he needs to remain at his boyhood membership and is having fun with his expertise within the first workforce.
Chatting with the membership web site, he mentioned: “It’s been completely different coming right into a first-team setting, however it’s been actually good.
“I’ve discovered loads over the time I’ve had up to now and hopefully I can simply hold going.
“It’s been powerful within the final couple of weeks – pre-season is at all times powerful – however it’s been a great expertise getting settled in and I’m simply excited for what’s to return.”
His objective in opposition to Hearts obtained followers off their seats to applaud as he celebrated however it’s nothing eager academy watchers haven’t seen earlier than.
Moore added that he’s simply making an attempt to be himself on the pitch and was blown away by the supporters singing the trademark ‘He’s certainly one of our personal’ track, as soon as reserved for Harry Kane.
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He mentioned: “To attain my first objective, though it was in a pre-season sport, was in all probability one of the best feeling I’ve had up to now, and to attain in entrance of the followers as properly… it was unreal!.
“The little dribble and end… it’s what I’ve been doing within the academy so I simply wished to maintain doing what I’ve been doing. Though it was a pre-season sport, it meant all the things to me.
“You don’t anticipate it [the chant], particularly whenever you’re simply coming into the workforce, however I actually admire all of the followers doing it, so I wish to say due to them actually.”
Moore got here on as an alternative in two Premier League matches in direction of the top of final season and will probably be hoping to get extra minutes below the Australian head coach in 2024-25.
Spurs play QPR on Saturday earlier than jetting out to Asia the place they are going to proceed their pre-season preparations.
