Spurs attacker flies off to undergo medical ahead of £6.7m summer transfer

Troy Parrott has travelled to the Netherlands to complete a medical with AZ after Tottenham agreed to let the striker move on this summer.

The 22-year-old Republic of Ireland international netted 17 goals and laid on five assists on loan at 16th-placed Excelsior across the campaign, including two hat-tricks in the play-off stages of the Dutch leagues which decided whether the team from the Eredivisie would drop down or another side from the second division would come up from the Eerste Divisie.

football.london have long reported that AZ were the keenest club on signing Parrott from Tottenham and now they are close to finally sealing a deal that could eventually be worth around 8million euros (£6.7million) for the striker, who was unable to work his way into Ange Postecoglou’s plans.

The fact that Parrott scored freely for a struggling side, either side of a quad injury which kept him out for six weeks from March into April, did not go unnoticed by teams at the top of the Eredivisie, as well as clubs in Italy and back home in the Championship in England.

Eventually though it was Alkmaar who won the race. They finished fourth in the Eredivisie this season, nine points ahead of Ajax, and believe that Parrott’s goals can fire them up the table in the next campaign.

Parrott will end his time at Tottenham after spending five loan away from the club at Millwall, Ipswich, MK Dons and Preston with varying degrees of success in the Football League until that loan in the Eredivisie with Excelsior last season really sparked his development.

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football.london previously reported that Parrott’s hope has always been to break through at Spurs and make a real impact at the club, to add to the four appearances he made for the club as a teenager. However, he never really got to catch Postecoglou’s eye last year thanks to a groin injury which ruled him out of last summer’s pre-season tour to Perth, Bangkok and Singapore and now he is moving on with Tottenham looking to sign another attacker for the coming season.

The Irishman has a year left on his contract at Spurs, with the club holding an option to extend it by another 12 months to 2026. Parrott holds an EU passport which makes it easier for foreign clubs like Alkmaar to take him without work permit issues.

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