The journey to this Champions League spotlight has been far from straightforward for Parrott. Initially breaking through at Tottenham as a teenager, he was highly rated but struggled to find a consistent pathway into the first team under various regimes. After multiple loan spells across the English football pyramid, Parrott eventually moved to the Eredivisie with AZ Alkmaar to rebuild his reputation.
“You don’t know what the situation was when he was at Spurs. Was he low on confidence? Did he get the right opportunities? The talent is clearly there. Credit to him; when he’s gone away, developed, proven himself and if he carries on in this vein, the big guns will be circling,” Cole concluded.
