IRELAND INTERNATIONAL Troy Parrott could be set for a reunion with old club Tottenham after AZ Alkmaar progressed in the Europa League tonight.
The Dutch side eased past Galatasaray 6-3 on aggregate despite conceding a two-goal lead in a 2-2 draw in Turkey.
The Dubliner started up front and played 87 minutes for the visitors in Turkey.
AZ went 2-0 up thanks to goals in the 42nd and 55th minutes from Seiya Maikuma and Denso Kasius.
Galatasaray fought back to earn a draw on the night thanks to goals from Victor Osimhen and Roland Sallai.
Parrott and co will now face either Tottenham or Man United in the round of 16, with the Real Sociedad also awaiting one of the two English sides.
The Ireland international, who joined AZ from Spurs from £6.7 million last summer, has already come up against the North London side in the group stages last October, with Tottenham prevailing 1-0 at home on that occasion thanks to a Richarlison goal.
Their opponents will be confirmed at tomorrow’s draw, which begins at 12pm Irish time.
The first legs will be played on 6 March before the return fixture on 13 March.
AZ are currently fifth in the Dutch league and Parrott has had an excellent season, with the 23-year-old scoring 16 goals from 32 appearances in all competitions.
Additional reporting by AFP
Way to go Troy. And sond plonker on here a while ago said the Dutch league is the worst it’s been in generations…. on the contrary it seems at its best in a while
@robert kelly: it’s more a case of the other leagues regressing rather the Dutch league on the up. Psv is decent. Feynoord had a good result against the worst AC Milan team I can ever remember. Ajax are pale shadow of the club they used to be. Indeed, they were very to go through having lost at home to Royal Union. Twente was knocked out by the mighty Bodo. Dutch league itself is a goal fest every week. Entertaining perhaps but not a great standard overall.
@Ray Ridge: yea it’s probably a bit of both Ray. The last i seen it looked like Twente were going thru I didn’t realise they collapsed until after I posted so my bad and yea Ajax are a shadow of themselves but PSV and Feyenoord progressing in the champions and AZ in the europa, but it was actually more in relation to someone saying Parrot was at best a championship level player but I think the Dutch legue deserves more respect and Troy is showing his talent on arguably a much bigger stage and fair play to him. Hope Alkmaar go deep in it and they’re doing well in the league as well