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Now is the time for Tottenham Hotspur to unleash Troy Parrott.

The 17-year-old has yet to make his first-team debut for the club but now, one feels, is the time for Mauricio Pochettino to bring him into the fold.

Spurs face Arsenal in the north London derby this weekend and this is not to suggest that Parrott should be starting against Unai Emery’s men in one of the biggest games of the club’s season.

But the Irish striker, an ace at youth level, is needed on the bench.

Spurs allowed Fernando Llorente to leave the club upon the expiration of his contract and that has left Harry Kane as the club’s only senior striker.

For the first three games of the campaign, Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino has not named an out-and-out striker on the bench thus far in 2019/20.

Parrott has scored 15 goals in 13 outings for the Under-18s, along with four in 13 for the Under-23s. He began this season with the latter and netted twice against Manchester City in a 3-1 win in Premier League 2 earlier this month.

Without Llorente, and with Kane needing support, there can be no better opportunity to bring the teenager into the fold.

It would send an extremely positive message, that the talent within the Under-23s is there to be utilised and that, if you’re good enough, you’re old enough.

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Of course, Pochettino has been here before; the likes of Harry Winks, Oliver Skipp and Juan Foyth have all thrived under his tutelage after being introduced to the team at a young age.

Bringing Parrott through next may seem like jumping the gun – he is still a teenager and has yet to play a single minute of senior football – but sources have confirmed to Football FanCast that hopes are high that the youngster can develop into a genuine first-team player in north London.

With Llorente out and Kane needing some genuine support, Parrott’s time has surely come.

He could be the next beneficiary of Spurs’ commitment to youth.

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