Aston Villa striker Luke Moore has spelt out his desire to quit the
Midlands club in search of regular first-team football.
Moore has already rejected a new contract offer from Villa,
although they have taken up a 12-month option on his current deal
through to the summer of 2009.
Moore's agent Steve Kutner said: "Luke rejected the contract
because he feels he needs to move on. He needs to be playing
first-team football at this stage of his career.
"He is 21 now and has been very unlucky in the sense that he hurt
his should last season at the stage that he did when in the
side.
"Luke has already proved that he can do the business in the Premier
League."
Middlesbrough, Fulham and local rivals Birmingham City are all
understood to be expressing an interest in the Villa Academy
product.
Villa manager Martin O'Neill is keen to bring in a new striker in
January and has already been linked with Liverpool's Peter Crouch
and Tottenham's Jermain Defoe.