Tottenham Hotspur winger Mikey Moore has joined Bundesliga club FC Koln on loan, while midfielder Pape Matar Sarr is set to spend the 2026-27 season with Juventus.
Moore’s move is a straight loan deal, while Sarr’s loan move contains a conditional obligation to become a permanent transfer.
Moore, 19, started Spurs’ opening Premier League game of the season, the 3-0 defeat to Brentford on August 22. The teenager also played the entirety of the 5-1 victory over Charlton Athletic on August 26, where he scored and provided an assist, in addition to coming off the bench in the 2-0 defeat to Newcastle United last Saturday,
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The winger spent the 2025-26 campaign on loan with Scottish Premiership side Rangers, where he scored seven goals across 47 appearances.
Moore marked his 18th birthday by signing a new long-term contract with Spurs in August 2025.
The England under-19 international became the north London club’s youngest player to play in the Premier League when he made his top-flight bow against Manchester City in May 2024, aged 16 years and 277 days.
In 2024-25, Moore made 19 appearances under Ange Postecoglou and scored his first senior goal in the 3-0 Europa League win against Elfsborg. This breakout season was disrupted by illness, which saw Moore out for several weeks.
Meanwhile, Sarr, who has been injured, was left out of the squad for his side’s 2-0 defeat to Newcastle United on Saturday after asking to leave Tottenham, as revealed by head coach Roberto De Zerbi.
The 23-year-old midfielder missed Spurs’ pre-season tour of Australia and New Zealand due to “personal reasons” and has not been named in any of their matchday squads.
Tottenham signed Sarr from Metz in 2021 for a fee around €18 million (£15.4m; $20.8m) plus bonuses. The Senegal international has scored 11 goals and provided 11 assists in 141 games for the north London side.
Following back-to-back 17th-place finishes in the Premier League, Spurs have strengthened their squad with a number of high-value transfers this summer.
Roberto De Zerbi’s side have added Sandro Tonali from Newcastle United in a deal which could be worth £100million ($134m), alongside Mateus Fernandes (£85m, $114m), and Jan Paul van Hecke (£52m, $69.7m). Savio arrived for £85m from Manchester City with team-mate Omar Marmoush following on an initial loan. Andy Robertson, Martin Dubravka and Marcos Senesi have also joined on free transfers.
Still, Moore is the latest move in what has been a productive summer. He’s actually the second player signed from England, after Heskey — son of former England forward Emile — joined from Manchester City. Georgian centre-back Luka Lochoshvili, who has moved from Nuremberg, also looks a strong addition. Simpson-Pusey has also made his loan from Manchester City permanent.
For Moore, there’s a natural position in Koln’s 4-2-3-1 formation. He can play on the left or right, but his role might depend on the future of Said El Mala, the German club’s brightest talent. El Mala is most comfortable from the left, but his future is far from certain and there is still the possibility that he might be sold before the transfer deadline passes. Where that to happen, it would free up playing time for Moore, but potentially at the cost of weakening the side overall. El Mala scored 13 goals last season. No other Koln player reached double figures.
Regardless, this is a very large club that plays in a loud, boisterous stadium which will sell out its nearly 50,000-capacity stadium for every home game this season. It will be quite the stage for Moore and his considerable ability.
Sarr a talented midfielder who needs to show consistency
Sarr’s Tottenham career has not really developed as hoped.
He’s a talented No.8 and has shown that in the past, but his game has not evolved since his first season under Ange Postecoglou in 2023-24, and as competition for midfield places has increased, particularly this summer, with the signings of Mateus Fernandes and Sandro Tonali, his opportunity for game time has dramatically decreased.
His Premier League minutes have fallen season on season for the past three years, and with Tottenham not offering European football currently and the opportunity for fringe players to fight their way into Roberto De Zerbi’s side, Sarr had little choice but to seek playing time elsewhere.
At his best, he’s a box-to-box player and a fine all-rounder, albeit one who must become more consistent if he is to progress to a higher level.
Experience matters too. He’ll turn 24 in a few weeks, and he has to play, so with Juventus offering an opportunity that Spurs are not able to, this loan was inevitable.