'I have a responsibility for these boys... how far I can push them. It's like parenting': Scott Parker hopes to produce Tottenham stars of tomorrow after returning as Under 18 coach

Daily Mail | November 17, 2017

Scott Parker only gets wistful when he sits in the stands watching a big game. Like when he is watching a young Tottenham team built around English talent outplay Real Madrid at Wembley in the Champions League.

‘Yeh I would like to have played in that...’ he smiled.

Parker retired in the summer after two decades with Charlton, Chelsea, Newcastle, West Ham, Tottenham, Fulham and England. He is back at Spurs now, working as an academy coach with the Under 18s.

Scott Parker returned to Tottenham Hotspur as an Under 18 coach in the summer

Parker, who retired in the summer, has compared his current role at Tottenham to parenting

Parker dishes out instructions during a Youth Champions League clash against Real Madrid

Only 37, he got the taste for coaching during two seasons playing for Spurs between 2011 and 2013.