The youthful 20-year-old defender has agreed to join Hibs on loan until the end of the season, according to a UK news outlet that reported on January 9. He has joined the team during their warm-weather training camp in Dubai.
The 20-year-old was awarded a new two-year contract over the summer as a reward for his excellent play with Leeds’ Under-21 team, where he has been a regular.
Fantastic chance
Moore is a highly regarded player, but he has fallen prey to Daniel Farke’s depth at Elland Road.
His strongest position has been centre defence, however he clearly behind Charlie Cresswell, Liam Cooper, Joe Rodon, Pascal Struijk, and most likely fellow rookie Diogo Monteiro.
Moore was undoubtedly reminded to go out on loan in order to obtain the experience he required by the fact that Cresswell is currently unable to even break into the Leeds United team.
The highly regarded young product should have plenty of opportunities to grow and improve his skills by competing in the Scottish Premiership against teams like Celtic, Rangers, and Aberdeen.
He needs to demonstrate his abilities if he hopes to break into the first team at Elland Road, and this is probably the best chance he will ever have to do so.
Cresswell ought to really consider moving temporarily to another location with him in order to really improve his game.
In related developments:
PSG now advance on deal to sign Leeds United defender Diego Llorente as news emerges from France
As per Santi Aouna, Paris Saint-Germain is now moving forward with an agreement to acquire Diego Llorente, who is on loan from Leeds United, as soon as feasible.
The writer from Foot Mercato revealed on his personal Twitter account on January 9th that the French champions had first targeted Bayern Munich defender Dayot Upamecano, but the Germans had rejected their effort.
Now, Llorente, who made an incredible £115k a week playing in the Premier League for Leeds United, has caught the attention of PSG boss Luis Enrique (Angus Kinnear, Square Ball, 9).
Aouna posted on his Twitter account: “PSG explored the Upamecano route. But the chances of signing this winter are almost zero.
“Paris is now advancing on Diego Llorente of AS Roma. Profile validated by Luis Enrique.”
Drive the price
Leeds United has now been given a fantastic opportunity to try and get PSG to pay any price for signing Llorente.
A large windfall is now very much in the works at Elland Road, as evidenced by the French giants’ nearly desperate attempt to sign him this month.
The Spanish defender has started 15 of Jose Mourinho’s team’s 18 Serie A games, and there have been rumours that Roma wants to sign him long-term for a price tag of over £4.3 million. He has been a constant for the team (Roma Metropolitan, 20 December).
The Whites will have done extraordinarily well to obtain that sum for a player who may well be past his prime and may never set foot in West Yorkshire again if they can convince PSG to allow them to come that near to the stadium.
After Robin Koch signed a pre-contract deal with Eintracht Frankfurt, joining them permanently, it would be disastrous for the Whites to see yet another defender leave Elland Road for nothing. His contract is set to expire in six months.
