From a purely Irish team perspective I think I'd prefer him to stay where he is for another year or 18 months. It's a decent level and he's playing and scoring and will be turning up to international camps in form or at least match sharp. Moving clubs up a level is a risk and it will do us no good if he's at a big team but spending more minutes on the bench. Could be tricky choices to make soon for the lad.
Everton quoted €35m to sign him in January apparently
The next club he decides to move to will be a huge decision for him. My preference would be to go to top Italian or Spanish side, not to Everton! In the crazy world of strikers' fees 35m is a bit of a bargain. See out this year and reasses after a Summer clutch of goals at a World Cup.
Coming from the Dutch league he's probably worth an offer for a mid table Premier League team at £30m (Brentford anyone?). That kind of money now counts as a low to medium risk punt for a lot of EPL teams in truth. Whereas on the continent that fee prices a lot of teams out and even the ones it doesn't - take Roma for example if they pass on Ferguson - that would be them going all in on Parrott as their main striker when he's unproven in a Top 5 league.
So it may be that the EPL ends up as his next destination for better or worse.
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