Mikey Moore discusses his Tottenham future, Luka Vuskovic praise but injury woe for centre-back

It's time to check in on Tottenham's large group of loan players as many of them enjoy success away from the north London club

It's a difficult time right now at Tottenham Hotspur but many of their young players out on loan are at least enjoying a successful time away from the nest.

Spurs currently have 18 players out on loan and earning plenty of praise across the Football League as well as across Scotland, Germany, Italy and South America with the club's Head of Loans and Pathways Andy Scoulding keeping a close eye on all them and their various situations.

With a new manager expected to take charge at Tottenham this summer, many of the players will be looking to push themselves into the mix to get as chance while others are simply looking to develop or put themselves in the shop window.

Here's how every single one of Tottenham's big loan army got on across the world this week.

Mikey Moore (Rangers)

Mikey Moore continues to catch the eye at Rangers as he scored in their 4-1 win at Ibrox against Aberdeen on Saturday.

The 18-year-old netted the second goal of the game three minutes into the second half when he finished off a counter attack with a composed curling shot that sailed in off the inside of the right-hand post.

Moore has now racked up 40 appearances this season, scoring six goals and laying on three assists and admits he would love to return to Glasgow next season if the opportunity presented itself.

"I feel the love from the fans in the stadium and I think they've taken to me really well," he said at the weekend. "For a loan player, I think they've been unbelievable with me, especially with the way we started and the way I started personally.

"For them to still back me and sing my name, it's been something special, so I'm grateful."

On his future, he added: "I've loved every single second I've been here, the club is special and special to me now. I'm just going to enjoy the next seven games and obviously I need to speak to people back home and you never know what can happen.

"I don't know if there's been much club-to-club contact yet but I know that people spoke to me and the people around me, so conversations are happening. I'm going to speak to people and just try and find the best solution for me.

"But this has been unbelievable and if it's right for me next year, then I'd love to stay here, but we have to see what's going on."

Rangers boss Danny Rohl agrees with the Glaswegian side's fans that Moore should return.

"I think conversations are always there, but we know when Mikey performed like this, you can see Mikey enjoys playing for Rangers," he said. "The fans love him, I like him, he’s a key player. I think there’s a lot of good things where we could go again together, but we know he’s still not our player, let’s work in the next couple of weeks in all those directions. But the most important thing is that we bring good results in the next seven games."

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Luka Vuskovic (Hamburg)

Luka Vuskovic is another player who has been enjoying a great loan move as he continues to impress in the Bundesliga at Hamburg.

The 19-year-old centre-back, who will go with Croatia to the World Cup this summer, got another 90 minutes under his belt as Hamburg collapsed from 2-0 up with 17 minutes to go to a 3-2 defeat at second-placed Borussia Dortmund. The teenager tried to stop Dortmund's second from crossing the line to no avail in a game in which the hosts were awarded three penalties, scoring two of them as they netted three times in 11 minutes in the final stages of the game.

Vuskovic still got praise after the game for his own individual performance and was labelled the 'master of the air' by the local Hamburg media

The Croatian has made 26 appearances and played 2,370 minutes so far for the Bundesliga outfit and has attracted links from big clubs aplenty, including Bayern Munich. However, with a contract until 2030 at Tottenham he is likely to become a regular starter for Spurs next season if they remain in the Premier League.

Alfie Devine (Preston North End)

Alfie Devine had a night to remember with two superb finishes in their 3-1 victory against Stoke City on Friday night.

The 21-year-old midfielder has been praised plenty during his season at the Championship side and for his first goal he showed a touch of pace to race most of the pitch to fire into the far corner with the goalkeeper unable to keep it out. His second goal, Preston's third, brought a composed chip over the advancing keeper.

“Alfie's a good, good player,” Preston boss Paul Heckingbottom told BBC Lancashire. “A good lad. I don't think we've seen the best of him. As good as he plays, I think there's more to come - he needs pushing. But I think with that as well, we have to understand it’s the most amount of minutes he's played in this league.

“It's tough... you're a young boy, you have peaks and troughs. Where we need to get him is that consistency of performance because he's got the ability, he's got the brain, he's got the talent to affect games positively, every single time he's on the pitch.”

Devine has made 38 league appearances, including eight goals and two assists from midfield with another two appearances in the Carabao Cup, plus an assist, and a substitute appearance in the FA Cup to make it 2,685 minutes in total so far this season.

Preston hold an option-to-buy for the player thought to be around £4.5million. Their club record signing though cost £2million and Devine would still have to accept the move even if they did stump up the cash. While the midfielder has enjoyed his time at the Championship club, he will have a line of suitors in the summer and a new Spurs manager to try to impress so will have decisions to make.

"Yeah, definitely," Devine told Sky Sports of still wanting to make it at Spurs. "When you're at a club, I think your dream is always to play for them. Every single time I go back that is something I strive to do and that is my ambition. But, sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn't.

“So, if that means another loan or whatever, it just depends what comes with it. I think it's probably the same as the rest of the boys coming in on loan. You have to find your way to get rhythm going in playing and training and then see where that takes you."

Ashley Phillips (Stoke City)

Ashley Phillips could only watch Devine dazzle in Friday night's game at Deepdale in the Championship.

The 20-year-old centre-back got a 5.5 in Stoke-on-Trent Live's player ratings with the write-up: "A willing defender but too much for him to do on his own but also struggled with Osmajic."

Phillips has made 38 appearances this season for Stoke with a whopping 3,1,64 minutes to his name.

Kota Takai (Borussia Monchengladbach)

Kota Takai's injury woes have not subsided since joining Borussia Monchengladbach.

The 21-year-old Japan international has made just six appearances after months out when he first joined Spurs and now he has a muscle strain which has forced him out of the past month or so of action at the Bundesliga club.

The centre-back's loan club had been keen to extend his stay in Germany, according to the local media last month, but whether his injury issues change that remains to be seen.

Dane Scarlett (Hibernian)

Dane Scarlett is yet to score his first goal for Hibernian but he continues to get minutes for the Scottish Premiership side.

The 21-year-old striker came off the bench for the final 23 minutes of the 0-0 draw at Motherwell for fifth-placed Hibs.

Scarlett has made eight appearances now up north of the border with one assist and 354 minutes to his name.

Manor Solomon (Fiorentina)

Manor Solomon has missed the past month with a grade 1-2 hip flexor strain in his right thigh so has been unable to play a part in Fiorentina's climb up the table.

The Israel international had become a regular starter with two goals in his 11 matches for the Italian side as a regular fixture on either wing.

However, the 26-year-old winger suffered the injury in the Conference League win against Jagiellonia and is yet to return.

Alejo Veliz (Rosario Central)

Alejo Veliz is struggling for goals in Argentina, without one in his past nine league matches with Rosario Central.

He did score in the second game of the season and one in the cup so has two from his 11 appearances so far in the new campaign back home. On Monday he played the full 90 minutes as they lost 2-0 at Independiente Rivadavia.

The 22-year-old is expected to head to Bahia at the end of the season after Tottenham agreed a deal with the Brazilian side to sell Veliz once his current loan at Rosario ends. A £7.8m (9m euros) deal was agreed with £871k in add-ons (1m euros) plus a 20% sell-on clause.

Will Lankshear & Jamie Donley (Oxford United)

Jamie Donley and Will Lankshear both got on the pitch as Oxford lost 2-0 at Southampton on Saturday in the Championship.

Lankshear started and played for 77 minutes, having managed two goals and an assist in his previous three matches, while Donley came off the bench in the final 20 minutes as he continues his return to sharpness after missing the start of his time at Oxford with injury.

Donley is now on international duty with Northern Ireland, hoping to add to his six caps and one goal for the country.

Yang Min-hyeok (Coventry)

Yang Min-hyeok has not been in a Coventry matchday squad for more than a month, having to watch on for eight Championship matches.

The 19-year-old winger had made 16 appearances for Portsmouth, scoring three goals and laying on one assist, before switching to Frank Lampard's table-toppers.

However, it hasn't worked out all for the South Korean with only one start for Coventry so far in his first experience of FA Cup football last month and three Championship appearances totalling 29 minutes of football.

Speaking to Coventry Live last month, Lampard said of Yang: "We’re competing to try and do well this season. I have to make decisions with what I see. And that’s not to disrespect Mini. If I feel like it’s Mini’s time to come in, he’ll come in, absolutely. That goes with all the players.

"I don’t have a preference of loan or players that are ours, as such, because at the minute we want to win. I can’t add those kind of emotions into it. I have to try to pick the best 11 and the best bench, and at the moment we don’t have any injuries."

Oliver Irow & George Abbott (Mansfield)

George Abbott got his first 90 minutes under his belt since October in a season fragmented by injury as he played his part in the midfield as Mansfield registered a 4-1 home win against Northampton in League One.

Oliver Irow came off the bench in the final 12 minutes of the match to help Mansfield take their unbeaten league streak to six matches.

Yusuf Akhamrich (Bristol Rovers)

Yusuf Akhamrich came off the bench at the break to grab an assist for Bristol Rovers in their 2-1 victory in League Two at Gillingham.

The 20-year-old winger has thrived in his first senior loan with four goals and two assists in 13 league matches for Rovers. It has topped off a season in which he was on the bench twice in the Champions League this season for Spurs and once in the Premier League.

The Bristol Post's Will Murray handed Akhamrich a seven in his player ratings from Saturday with the glowing review: "I love watching Yusuf Akhamrich play football. He's effortless on the ball and glides past players with ease when he's on form. He completed three successful dribbles after coming on in the second half and was unlucky on a couple of occasions not to get an assist after beating his man on the right wing. Defensively, Akhamrich also worked hard, which was on display in added time when he ran back to win the ball and get a foul to relieve some late pressure."

Tyrese Hall (Notts County)

Tyrese Hall continued his goalscoring efforts in League Two as he netted in back-to-back games against first Accrington and then Cheltenham.

The 20-year-old midfielder came off the bench to score in the 5-2 victory at home on Saturday and he has now registered seven goals and two assists across 1,758 minutes in 35 appearances since heading out of Tottenham on his first loan.

Alfie Dorrington (Salford City)

Alfie Dorrington had to watch on from the bench in League Two as Salford City lost 1-0 at Cambridge United on Saturday.

The 20-year-old centre-back has had to make do with a bench role in the past month but has racked up nine appearances so far for City after switching from Aberdeen during the winter window.

Damola Ajayi (Bromley)

Damola Ajayi has been getting minutes again from the bench in recent weeks and came on for the final half hour of Bromley's 1-0 win at home against Colchester United on Saturday.

The 20-year-old winger has managed 25 appearances across his spells at Bromley and Doncaster Rovers in a season of development.

Aaron Maguire (Hampton & Richmond Borough)

Aaron Maguire played every minute of his first three matches for National League South side Hampton & Richmond Borough but has not been in the matchday squads since last month. The 21-year-old goalkeeper was enjoying his first experience of senior football with the non-league outfit.