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.
Hopefully Parrott will have learned to stay clear of the Premier League meat grinder, and other Irish players will take note as well.
Who knows, AZ could be playing Champions League this time next year.
Last edited by brine3; 24/11/2025 at 7:07 AM.
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