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Tottenham are eyeing Holland winger Memphis Depay – the man hailed as the new Cristiano Ronaldo.

The PSV Eindhoven front man is being hailed as the next wonderboy to emerge from Dutch football and carries a £17million price tag.

As well as the White Hart Lane club, Manchester United-bound Holland boss Louis van Gaal has also become a big fan of the player.

In fact, he impressed him so much in the Dutch team that Van Gaal picks the 20-year-old ahead of established players like Jeremain Lens or Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.

Depay’s agent Kees Ploegsma says the £17m fee projection is close to what PSV Eindhoven are looking for.

Depay has a terrific right foot and can hit thundering free-kicks and shots from distance. It was his long-range shot that sealed Holland’s 3-2 win over Australia.

Dick Advocaat, his former PSV Eindhoven boss, has revealed that he has always seen a potential Ronaldo in Depay.

“Memphis is one of Holland’s finest talents,” said Advocaat. “But I wanted to make it clear to him that there is a difference between being a talent and becoming a world-class player.

“There was this big interview with Edwin van der Sar in the papers and he explained all the things Cristiano was doing on the training ground at Manchester United, how many extra hours he was spending to try to improve himself. So I cut the page out and handed it to Depay the next day.”