When Troy Parrott was 14, he played with Mauricio Pochettino’s son in a trial for Spurs. After the game his son gave his dad such a glowing review of Troy that Spurs made the move to sign him on his 17th birthday. In January 2020 when Harry Kane got injured , many Spurs fans were calling for 18-year-old Troy Parrott to fill in for the injured captain. Jose Mourinho responded to these calls by saying that fans ‘don’t even know if Troy has long hair or short hair, or is blond or is dark’ and yet they still insist on playing him. A month later, Parrott was criticised for looking too flash whilst holidaying in Dubai with Dele Alli. “I was still a kid, and playing PlayStation until one or two in the morning, stuff like that. I was just doing what 18-year-olds do.” The striker played only 25 senior minutes for Spurs after the holiday. Following spells on loan at Millwall, Ipswich and MK Dons, he found his feet in the Netherlands. First with Excelsior and then with AZ Alkmaar, where he scored...