Former Blackburn Rovers academy graduate Keith Treacy believes Andrew Moran's move to Ewood Park is 'a match made in heaven'.

The midfielder has joined Rovers on a season-long loan from Brighton and Hove Albion to gain first-team football. Moran is highly rated by the Seagulls and the Republic of Ireland set-up.

The 21-year-old captained the Under-21s and scored in their dramatic 3-2 win over Turkey on Friday night. That capped a whirlwind month for Moran, who was handed starts in the Championship and Carabao Cup by Jon Dahl Tomasson one week after making his loan switch.

Treacy, who came through the Rovers academy between 2005 and 2010, has spoken glowingly about his time at Brockhall and believes Ewood Park is the perfect learning environment for Moran.

READ MORE: Nelsen on Tugay, Kean and voicemail that ended Rovers career

"Blackburn's underage system is brilliant. It definitely was one of the best when I went to Blackburn about 15 years ago now," he told the RTÉ Soccer Podcast.

"The facilities are excellent and any player going there will be really looked after. They're obviously all very technically gifted. (Moran) will be getting the best coaching, the best management, nutrition, physios.

"There's the best of everything there. And the one thing that is good for Andrew Moran is that some of the people in the background at Blackburn i.e. the secretaries, the people that work in the kitchens, they're really good people, family people. They'll look after you.

"When I moved over there, I was 15 years old, I was moving over by myself and there were a lot of people that got around me.

"It helped me out a lot. I think with Andrew Moran there, when I hear he's at Blackburn, it makes me think, 'Lovely, that's a match made in heaven'.

"If he does have any ebbs or any lows, I'm sure there will be people in and around Blackburn that will dig him out of it."