Jose Mourinho confirms what will happen if Troy Parrott scores against Norwich City

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Jose Mourinho has once again been discussing the first-team prospects of Tottenham Hotspur forward Troy Parrott.

With Harry Kane and Heung-min Son both injured, plenty of Spurs fans and pundits have wanted to see the Republic of Ireland talent given a first-team chance. 

However, Mourinho has insisted Parrott is not ready and the 18-year-old has not been given a shot by the Portuguese. 

This evening, Tottenham take on Norwich City in the FA Cup and plenty of fans are hopeful that this might be the teenager’s opportunity. 

However, even if Parrott does score against the Canaries this week, he will go straight back to the under-23s. 

That is according to Mourinho, who is quoted by the Daily Mail as suggesting Parrott would not automatically be promoted to regular first-team football with an impressive display tonight. 

The Tottenham boss explained that it is a question of attitude with Parrott, who needs to work harder in under-23 games to show he is prepared for life in the first-team. 

“This is the way you work with kids and if, in these generations, kids, they have things too easy in life, I think it’s part of the education to also see the other side.

“I think Troy will come even stronger and stronger when everything happens step by step. And not immediately. Because he is not ready for immediately. So it is a process.

“If he plays [against Norwich] and he scores the winning goal, and he is the back page of your newspapers, nothing changes. The next week he goes again to play for the U23s. Everything is a process.”

Whilst plenty of Tottenham fans are disappointed with Mourinho’s tactics involving Parrott, he might be doing the youngster a favour in not heaping pressure on him at this age. 

Hopefully, that does prove to be the case, as Tottenham fans will not want to see this precocious talent wasted. That said, a goal this evening would surely have Mourinho thinking.