Vincent Janssen felt that Tottenham accepted him 'immediately' because Mauricio Pochettino's squad is full of like-minded young players who want to prove themselves.

Janssen, 22, joined Spurs in a four-year deal this summer after finishing last season as the Eredivisie's top scorer courtesy of a 27-goal haul for AZ Alkmaar.

The Netherlands international fits Pochettino's template for building a young, energetic side, and Janssen says settling in to London life has been easy due to his team-mates' ambition and lack of egotism.

"I've always felt a strong urge to prove myself. Maybe that's my biggest talent," he told Dutch daily AD. "I can tell the crowd appreciates the way I play.

"Within the squad I was immediately accepted. We have a young, ambitious group, with no players who feel they've already arrived.

"That made it easier, I think. I really was accommodated fantastically."

Janssen has yet to score for Spurs despite impressing Pochettino and Spurs fans with all-action displays, but is already fighting off comparisons with Manchester United's Dutch great Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Van Nistelrooy became an instant star at Old Trafford with 95 goals in 150 Premier League appearances for the Red Devils, with Sir Alex Ferguson even waiting a year to sign the forward after he sustained a serious knee injury in 2000.

Janssen insists that while comparisons to the striker are an honour - with Van Nistelrooy's home town of Oss nearby to Janssen's Heesch - he must start putting the ball in the back of the net to be mentioned in the same breath.

"In England they are just finding out that me and Van Nistelrooy are from the same area," he added.

"But I wouldn't say we're being mentioned in the same breath - maybe that will come. I would think that's an enormous honour. I'm not as far as him yet."