Dundee Set To Secure Loan For Manchester United Midfielder

Jack Moorhouse Set For Loan Move To Scotland With Dundee

Manchester United U21 midfielder Jack Moorhouse is set for a move to Scotland with Dundee agreeing a deal to loan the Ireland youth international, first called by Nathan Salt for Mail Sport.

EXC: Understand promising young #mufc midfielder Jack Moorhouse is set to head to Dundee on loan today.

Scottish side have beaten out interest from the likes of Plymouth, Wigan, Huddersfield, Stockport, and clubs abroad.

Coup for Dundee @MailSport https://t.co/EMkfx4frH7

— Nathan Salt (@NathSalt1) September 1, 2026

Moorhouse has been capped four times for Ireland at U21 level, and appeared for Manchester United's U18 side in the Youth Cup in 2022, before making 20 appearances for United's U21 team, scoring four times and assisting three in the Premier League 2 campaign with his form catching the eye of the first team coaching staff who invited Moorhouse to train with the first team squad in January 2025.

The midfielder spent the 2025/26 campagin on loan at Leyton Orient in League One, making 20 appearences as the O's managed to secure safety in the third tier.

Moorhouse has been the subject of a lot of interest this summer throughout the EFL with Plymouth, Huddersfield, Wigan and others seemingly interested in the services of the young midfielder, however the Irishmen is set to test himself in the top flight of Scottish football with a loan move to Dundee.

Dundee have enjoyed a strong start to the new Scottish Premiership campaign, winning two of their opening four matches and now look set to add to their midfield ranks with Moorhouse set to join the side until the end of the season.

United have had success with loan moves to Scotland in the past, and will hope for similar with Moorhouse looking likely to head north of the English border until the end of the season.