Tottenham starlet Mikey Moore has not had the impact he would have hoped for since his loan move to Köln in the summer.

The 19-year-old is rated very highly at Spurs, including by Roberto De Zerbi, with the attacking midfielder featuring three times for the Lilywhites at the start of the season before making his loan move.

In fact, De Zerbi even admitted that he would have ideally liked to keep Moore at Spurs, but that a loan move was the best choice for the youngster’s development as he needed regular starts.

When the youngster completed his loan in August, the Tottenham boss said : “It is important for him. It is important for us because he is our player from the academy and in this day we have to understand what the best solution is for him, for us because I would like to keep him because he is young but a good player.

“But we can’t (make) the wrong decision because anyway he needs to play and put games inside of him. With Johan Lange and Vinai we have to find the best solution.”

However, things have not gone the way either Tottenham or the winger would have hoped for during his first few months in Germany.

Koln do not see any chance of signing Mikey Moore permanently from Tottenham

The teenager has been deployed as a number 10 by Koln boss René Wagner, and while he has produced some promising moments, he is yet to make the kind of decisive impact he was expected to.

Moore has made nine appearances across all competitions for the Bundesliga side this term, but has just one assist and is still waiting for his first goal for the club.

Sky Sports Germany reporter Florian Plettenberg has now revealed that the German club see ‘no chance’ of being able to secure the English youngster’s services permanently.

Plettenberg wrote on X: “FC Köln currently see no chance of keeping Mikey Moore on a permanent basis. Loan deal without a buy option. As things stand, he will return to Tottenham at the end of the season. So far: 497 minutes in the Bundesliga, 0 goals and 1 assist.”

Koln have been frustrated by Moore’s struggles

While Tottenham are unlikely to consider selling their academy graduate, the reality is that he has not shown enough yet in a Köln shirt this season for the Bundesliga side to even seriously consider buying him.

In fact, it was reported by SportBild a week ago that the impatience is growing at Köln regarding Moore, with the attacker not proving to be the difference-maker everyone expected him to be.

The feeling at the German club at the moment is that while the Tottenham youngster has talent, he only shows it in flashes and does it ‘all too rarely’.

The on-loan Spurs thus face a stern test over the coming weeks as he attempts to win over Wagner and prove that he can contribute to getting Köln up the table.