He specialised in fine art. He was perfect in golf. But Mickey Moore will probably perform in Budapest on a different stage this Thursday night.A 17-year-old footballer is about to make his European debut as Tottenham Hotspur face Ferencvaros in the second round of the UEFA Europa League stage.Ange Postecoglou is definitely willing to provide his talented youngster with another chance to show his skills, at least in the second half after Spurs hopefully clear the air against the underdogs. That’s exactly what he did recently at Old Trafford, in that impressive 3-0 away win.One Ange is absolute boss for Ten Hag! Spurs destroy United at Old TraffordThe young midfielder has a true mentor in the squad, the experienced James Maddison, who takes care of the kid and successor in these crucial months of his career.Ahead of the Ferenvaros tie, Maddison spoke about Moore, praising Mickey’s both football abilities and character.”Mikey, when he first came up, I had to remind myself how young he actually is. When he first came up, he was 16 and more like a man. When I watched him play, he was very powerful, and he was only going to get stronger as he developed into his body,” he said. “It’s quite scary. He’s got a lot of ability, but I don’t want him to feel any pressure because he’s getting a lot of people talking about him, and rightly so, and that’s down to him training well, getting in the first team and getting exposure which is what he wants.##NAJAVA_MECA_8380194##”Firstly, he’s a great kid… a really polite and well-mannered young man, which is a credit to his family because as a senior player with a young lad coming up, that’s the first thing you recognise. You don’t want a young lad coming up with that arrogance, and that who does he think he is… And then his ability on the ball. We’ve seen it in training, and Spurs fans will be keen to see more of it in games.”But we see it in training. He’s got bags of ability and it looks to me as if he loves the game, loves playing, gets tackled and sometimes falls on the floor and jumps up as if nothing’s happened and he wants the ball again. So I’m really excited to see how his journey goes and try to help him as much as I can.”##EDITORS_CHOICE##Maddison explains that he always tries to chat with the boy, trying to understand Moore’s years and giving him proper advice.”I think ‘what would a 16-year-old James Maddison want?’ and he would want one of the senior first team players to put an arm around him and one treat him like a man, but also give him the advice to try and help him, and accelerate that success and living the journey he is going to have. He has got to go and do it when he gets the opportunity and I’m sure he will, and I’m sure he’s keen and eager to get going and get more minutes. I look forward to it,” concluded Maddison.UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE – MATCHDAY 2Thursday19:45: (1.85) Lazio (3.50) Nice (4.40)19:45: (3.00) Maccabi T.A. (3.40) Midtjylland (2.35)19:45: (2.15) Slavia Praha (3.45) Ajax (3.35)19:45: (2.15) Olympiakos (3.40) Braga (3.40)19:45: (1.75) Sociedad (3.50) Anderlecht (5.00)19:45: (8.00) Rigas (5.30) Galatasaray (1.35)19:45: (2.05) Qarabag (3.45) Malmo (3.60)19:45: (2.05) Hoffenheim (3.50) Dynamo Kyiv (3.50)19:45: (8.50) Ferencvaros (4.90) Tottenham (1.37)22:00: (2.80) Twente (3.40) Fenerbahce (2.50)22:00: (2.55) Rangers (3.35) Olympique Lyon (2.75)22:00: (1.75) Plzen (3.60) Ludogorets (4.90)22:00: (4.40) Elfsborg (3.60) Roma (1.82)22:00: (2.75) Besiktas (3.35) Eintr.Frankfurt (2.55)22:00: (1.73) Ath.Bilbao (3.60) AZ Alkmaar (5.10)22:00: (2.95) Porto (3.40) Man.Utd. (2.40)22:00: (1.65) PAOK (3.70) FCSB (5.60)22:00: (2.00) St.Gilloise (3.50) Bodo (3.70)***odds are subject to change***
