Birmingham City and West Brom set for Tottenham transfer blow | OneFootball

The two Championship sides had been linked with interest in the teenage sensation.

Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion are set to miss out on landing Tottenham Hotspur youngster Mikey Moore on loan, with one former Championship boss looking likely to secure his services.

The two sides' respective promotion hopes haven't been directly mirrored by their transfer action this summer. West Brom's chairman, Shilen Patel, admitted that they weren't cash-rich heading into the transfer window and that spending may be limited.

Meanwhile, slightly south of them, the Championship returnees are pulling out all the stops to give themselves the best chance of securing back-to-back promotions as possible.

Attacking options in wide areas of the pitch have been on Ryan Mason and Chris Davies' agendas. One of their reported targets was Moore, the 17-year-old Spurs winger who was once compared to Neymar by his teammate James Maddison. Unfortunately, he is not looking likely to join either side.

Birmingham and West Brom set for Mikey Moore transfer blow

Instead, Moore's most likely destination is Rangers, linking up with former Southampton head coach Russell Martin, according to Matt Law. Despite interest from the Championship, as the Daily Telegraph reporter put it, Ibrox is his most likely landing spot at this stage.

Football Insider claimed that Birmingham and Albion were interested in bringing him to the Midlands from north London this summer, but it was unclear at that stage what Tottenham's plans for the youngster were.

That was until another report from the aforementioned online outlet, which stated that new boss Thomas Frank had reluctantly agreed to let Moore leave on loan this summer in order to continue his development.

Moore's role in Spurs' first-team increased last season under Ange Postecoglou. He made 10 Premier League appearances, including three starts, and he racked up some continental experience in the Europa League, which Tottenham won.

Talking about the young winger after a sensational performance against AZ Alkmaar, the Aussie manager said, via The Athletic: "It’s exciting. You have got such a young player who wants that responsibility to make an impact, rather than just sometimes with young players they are a bit worried about making mistakes.

"He is developing well. We have to be really careful about how we use him, and when we use him, that is the key for us, particularly in these early stages."

Birmingham and West Brom will be frustrated by latest Mikey Moore development

Players that have that sort of confidence and belief at that age will always stand out. You hear a lot of these types of youngsters described by pundits as being fearless. That's exactly the sort of trait that sides like Birmingham and West Brom will look for in potential loanees; someone that's going to affect games rather than let somebody else do it.

Had Postecoglou, a former Celtic manager, still been in charge at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, then the chances of Rangers landing Moore on loan probably would've lessened, even just slightly, which would've handed the two interested Championship outfits a boost in their hopes of signing him.

It'll be frustrating for them if Moore lives up to expectations north of the border. Based on the data we have so far on him, that outcome is looking quite likely.