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Spurs have no plans to recall the highly-rated youngster, but the next few months will be crucial

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As loan spells go, Mikey Moore's time at Rangers does not appear to have been much fun.

Moore must feel like he's spent the two months since being spun in a washing machine. Now, at least, he has been presented with a much-needed reset.

Rangers have sacked Russell Martin after a disastrous start to the campaign, winning only one of their seven league matches to date and sitting eighth in the table.

Moore has made ten appearances across all competitions, six of those coming from the start, but is yet to score or assist for the club.

The circumstances, though, could hardly have been more difficult in as intense an environment as any teenager could be dropped into.

Joshua Barrie, editor of the Rangers Review, tells Standard Sport: “It’s an impossible place to develop if Rangers aren’t winning. The environment is just so intense, it's hard to describe to people.

“In an ideal world he comes up here, he gets bedded in for the first month and starts to contribute.

“The issue is, because Rangers have been such a basket case, they’re relying on these guys to be the ones who lead them. That’s just too much for anyone, even if you are one of the most promising talents from England.”

The issue is, because Rangers have been such a basket case, they’re relying on these guys to be the ones who lead them

Joshua Barrie

There has been frustration aimed at Moore from sections of the fanbase, unhappy with his lack of impact. That he has restricted opportunities for academy prospect Finley Curtis has also not helped.

A new manager will offer a clean slate and hopefully a better platform from which to succeed. With Rangers being so poor this season, there have been no dominant performances and the attackers have had little to work with.

The relationship between fans and Martin was a lost cause and long past being rectifiable, but Moore still has the chance to turn this loan spell into a success.

“The negativity has mainly been towards Martin," Barrie says.

Spurs are understood to have the option to recall Moore from his loan move. There are no immediate plans to do so, but a number of Championship clubs are believed to be keen on signing the teenager.

It is therefore a crucial few months ahead before the January transfer window, with it important both that Moore is regularly playing and that he is developing.

Mikey Moore featured against Falkirk in what proved to be Russell Martin’s final game in charge of Rangers

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The atmosphere around Rangers became so toxic that Martin required a police escort away from the stadium after his final match in charge. The end of that relationship should prove to suit all parties, including Moore.

“A new manager will be good because immediately the fans will get on side and it will be a more positive place to play football," Barrie says.

“When you’ve got a stadium that’s effectively against the team because they’re so against the manager, it must be so difficult to play in. Especially when you’ve not played a lot of first-team football.

"Rangers have been so bad that even being okay will be seen as an uplift and maybe Moore can profit from that.”