‘I’m very happy with him’: Manuel Pellegrini praises Troy Parrott after Betis win
The fixture mill just keeps on grinding. No sooner had the door closed on a four-game international window few had any appetite for, than it swung open again for two fast-approaching Ireland games. Republic of Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrímsson will name his squad on Thursday for the final Nations League matches of a fraught campaign, away to Austria on November 14th and home to Kosovo on November 17th. With both of the contentious Israel games out of the way, normality should return to proceedings on and off the pitch for a side that has everything to play for, sitting third in the table but level on five points with second-placed Kosovo and just three off leaders Austria. Ahead of that squad announcement, Hallgrímsson will hope that Troy Parrott’s first league start since September proves timely with the forward’s veteran club manager, Manuel Pellegrini, explaining over the weekend how Parrott’s four…