Tottenham loanee explains 'no-brainer' Premier League transfer snub after sealing Bundesliga move

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Tabuteau, S. (2026, October 16). Tottenham loanee explains 'no-brainer' Premier League transfer snub after sealing Bundesliga move. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/moore-tottenham-transfer-cologne-premier-league-b1301116.html

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Evening Standard · collected 2026-10-16 · by Sam Tabuteau

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Mikey Moore, a 19-year-old forward on loan from Tottenham to Rangers last season, has joined Bundesliga club Cologne instead of accepting other English loan offers. Moore cited the success of players like Jude Bellingham and Jadon Sancho as inspiration for his decision to test himself in one of Europe's top leagues. Despite earning playing time at Spurs recently, he chose to leave England to further develop his skills abroad.
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Mikey Moore, a 19-year-old loanee from Tottenham, has revealed that he turned down offers to stay in the Premier League and instead chose to join Cologne in the Bundesliga. Despite having several loan options, including staying with Rangers in Scotland where he had success last season, Moore decided to follow in the footsteps of players like Jude Bellingham and Jadon Sancho by testing himself abroad. Tottenham manager Roberto De Zerbi considered keeping Moore but ultimately allowed him to pursue his ambition after securing a £85 million deal for Brazilian winger Savio. Moore stated that he wanted to challenge himself further, emphasizing the importance of regular playing time in his decision.

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📰 Tottenham Loanee Moves To Bundesliga
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🔮 Moore, though, was always expected to leave on loan, with Cologne long-term admirers, and he sealed a move away shortly after Spurs secured an £85million deal for Brazilian winger Savio.
🔮 A summer transfer spend in excess of £300million has yet to bare fruit for De Zerbi, but his team were much improved against United and would comfortably have come away from Old Trafford with all three points had they shown more composure in front of goal.
🔮 Imposed sanctions will remain behind closed doors.
🔮 Signed from Spurs in the summer for a fee that could rise to £20million, Lankshear has taken the Championship by storm this season, putting his former club on watch as they search desperately for a consistent source of goals.
🔮 He will be ineligible to face his parent club when Spurs travel to Stamford Bridge next Saturday, even if fit.
🔮 This time, though, Palace will hope to leave with what they came for.
🔮 Spurs are not back in action until they host Coventry City next Monday, and De Zerbi will hope to spend valuable time with his squad, who he admitted looked like a team for the first time against United.
🔮 At the time, Shakhtar threatened legal action, believing Solomon had a market value of around €20million (£16.9m), and they are now set to reignite those discussions after the Israel international moved to West Ham this summer for an initial £5m fee.
🔮 Despite stealing in ahead of Lisandro Martinez to score a stoppage-time equaliser which lifted Spurs off the foot of the Premier League table, Solanke knew he could and probably should have had a hat-trick.
🔮 Read More “If he came on against West Ham and if he was able to play 20-25 (minutes), we can imagine he will be able to start,” Stephan said.
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Topics

Bundesliga Cologne England Spurs Tottenham

Subjects

Moore PERSON · 6× Cologne ORG · 5× England GPE · 5× Sancho PERSON · 3× Spurs ORG · 3× Bellingham PERSON · 2× Jude Bellingham PERSON · 2× Jadon Sancho PERSON · 1× Mikey Moore PERSON · 1× Tottenham ORG · 1×

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Moore is looking to push on at Cologne in the hopes of securing regular first-team football back at Spurs, and the teenager admits the move was inspired by the success stories of Bellingham and Sancho, who left England for Borussia Dortmund.
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🔮 Moore, though, was always expected to leave on loan, with Cologne long-term admirers, and he sealed a move away shortly after Spurs secured an £85million deal for Brazilian winger Savio.

Claims (16 extracted, 0 hedged)

Tottenham loanee Mikey Moore has revealed that he had offers to stay in England but wanted to follow in the footsteps of Jude Bellingham and Jadon Sancho by testing himself in the Bundesliga with Cologne. asserted
he → reveal → Cologne
The hotly tipped 19-year-old had several loan offers on the table after a successful stint with Scottish giants Rangers last season, but chose to step out of his comfort zone and leave England. asserted
old → tip → England
Spurs boss Roberto De Zerbi considered keeping Moore, with the Englishman earning minutes off the bench against Brentford and Newcastle in the league before scoring and assisting in the 5-1 demolition of Charlton in the Carabao Cup. asserted
Englishman → consider → Cup
Moore, though, was always expected to leave on loan, with Cologne long-term admirers, and he sealed a move away shortly after Spurs secured an £85million deal for Brazilian winger Savio. asserted
Spurs → expect → Savio
Despite interest from elsewhere, Moore said he made his mind up early that he wanted to test himself abroad. asserted
he → say → himself
“I had options to stay in England and to maybe stay where I'm a little bit more comfortable,” Moore told BBC 5 Live. asserted
Moore → have → BBC
“But for me, the conversations came down to me to pick a team, and I wanted to take myself a little bit out of my comfort zone to go and test myself in a big league and in one of the top five leagues. asserted
I → come → leagues
“When we were speaking, everyone said that they think it'd be a really good experience for me to experience this type of football. asserted
me → speak → football
Read More “I kind of made the decision early that I wanted to take myself out here, and now I just need to push on.” asserted
I → read → myself
Moore is looking to push on at Cologne in the hopes of securing regular first-team football back at Spurs, and the teenager admits the move was inspired by the success stories of Bellingham and Sancho, who left England for Borussia Dortmund. asserted
who → look → Dortmund
Bellingham and Sancho became England internationals while out in Germany, and Moore says the trust that he has been shown early on was a major reason behind him joining Cologne. asserted
him → become → Cologne
“Over the years, you've seen so many young players come out here, and there's some obviously really, really good examples where some world-class players like Jude Bellingham, Sancho done really well. asserted
players → see → Bellingham
“So, yeah, it's a really attractive place to play football, I think, especially for a young attacker. asserted
I → play → attacker
They put real trust in me to trust me to come in and even the amount of game time I've played so quickly on in my kind of Cologne career. asserted
I → put → career
It's been nice to have that trust of all the staff and the people in the club. asserted
It → have → club
I think now I can really kick on and kind of make my own story or build my own path in German football.” asserted
I → think → football
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