Kevin Kilbane

I'd be like you.

I'm taking it all in, whether I'm on Twitter or whether I'm on Instagram and I'm seeing a Troy Parrott goal or a Troy Parrott assist.

I'm taking it all in.

I'm milking it for all it's worth because, look, he's done remarkable things in the last year with club and country.

And I think that he's been heavily linked, hasn't he, with a return to the Premier League.

I've seen Everton this season.

I've seen Leeds this season.

I've seen various teams.

And that you'd naturally think is going to be the next step for him.

But that might not necessarily be the case.

I'm sure that he's enjoying himself away from...

I wouldn't say the limelight because he's so high profile for us now.

But I think he's probably enjoying himself playing in Holland and he's found his feet, he's found himself.

And I've not read the piece, but I've seen quotes from it, from what he was saying or where he said, look, I was a young player at Tottenham.

I felt as though that I should have been playing.

I was maybe believing the hype a little bit as well.

And...

We build our players up in Ireland especially that a lot of the casual football fans would know of a 14 or a 15-year-old that's progressing and doing well, whether that's in the League of Ireland or whether they're over in England and they're Irish eligible.

We know all about these players now because of the...

rightly or wrongly the the the platform that we're giving our players is great i think we boost them up and we build them up but that that can be a deterrent to the player's development it really can and i think troy parrot is the prime example of that i knew of troy parrot when he was about 14 he's maybe younger than that to be honest with you i heard this name coming out of dublin that this kid is sensational when he signs for spurs and you know he's scoring goals in um the the the youth the champions league youth structure i can't remember what it's actually called