Moore to Join Town On Loan If Cherries Confirm Getafe Striker Signing
Thursday, 1st Feb 2024 12:23

Town and AFC Bournemouth have agreed a loan deal for striker Kieffer Moore with the move to be confirmed if the Cherries confirm the addition of Getafe's Enes Űnal on loan.

Another striker has been the priority for the Blues on deadline day having already added Ali Al-Hamadi earlier in the week.

Sky Sports’ Mark McAdam was first to report that the deal is done, which TWTD understands is the case, once the Dorset club confirm the signing of Űnal. A medical is currently ongoing in Madrid. The deal is understood to include bonuses should Town win promotion.

The Blues appear to have fought off opposition from a number of other Championship clubs, including Sunderland and another of his former clubs Cardiff, to land the 31-year-old.

Moore was previously at Town from a year from January 2017 but made only 11 sub appearances without scoring.

Capped 39 times by Wales, scoring 12 times, Moore had been recruited from then-National League Forest Green Rovers for £25,000 having been on loan at Torquay, also a fifth tier side, prior to his move.

The 6ft 5in tall striker’s career really took off during a loan spell with Rotherham, then in League One, in the first half of 2017/18 - having impressed as a sub for Town against the Millers the previous season - and in the January moved on to Barnsley, also in League One, for £750,000.

Spells in the Championship with Wigan and Cardiff followed, as well as senior Wales caps, before Moore moved on to AFC Bournemouth for a fee which could ultimately rise to £5 million in January 2022 and helped the Cherries to promotion to the Premier League.

However, his opportunities have been limited over the last two seasons, the Torquay-born striker has made only 15 starts and 29 sub appearances for the Dorset side in total, scoring 10 goals, and it was always expected he would move on to a Championship side during this window.

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Saxonblue74 added 15:56 - Feb 1 More to the point Europablue, his point is yet another totally irrelevant comment! If BA81 lives to be 100 he'll still be droning on about Evans!
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Steve_ITFC_Sweden added 16:35 - Feb 1 Good point, chepstowblue - I think we have become a bit predictable of late, with a lot of the pretty passing around and not so much end product. If Moore comes in, this may get us to change our approach slightly - no need for massive adaptations, but perhaps we can become a bit more direct. Exciting times!
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Bluearmy_81 added 16:41 - Feb 1 Europa, so even in hindsight, selling more at that time was a good move?!! Ooook. Was the money reinvested in the squad or did it just go into Evans efforts to run the club break even regardless of the effect it had on ITFC?
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Saxonblue74 added 17:16 - Feb 1 Exciting times indeed Steve. Seems not exciting enough for some who prefer to discuss matters from 6 years ago.
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cat added 17:19 - Feb 1 I’d love to see KM back here. I was one of a few who were gutted when Dino McCarthy off loaded him. Will give us an addition options up front specially from set pieces.
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