McCarthy: If Parrott takes off at Tottenham, he’s in my squad

Mick McCarthy has made it clear that should Troy Parrott break into the Spurs first-team in the coming weeks and show that he’s up to the challenge, the Ireland manager would have no hesitation about fast-tracking the teenage sensation into his squad for the remaining Euro 2020 qualifiers.

On Tuesday night, the 17-year-old was the talk of two towns – Kalmar and Dublin – after his impressive brace in Ireland’s convincing 3-1 away win against Sweden made it three goals in his first two appearances for Stephen Kenny’s U21s.