With 20 goals to his name this season, Memphis Depay is the leading scorer in the Eredivisie. Of course, in a league where cynics consider goals a lot easier to come by compared to elsewhere, that might not seem like a lot – Afonso Alves famously got 34 in 2006-07 and look what happened to him when he moved to pastures new and a mite more competitive. But considering he’s a winger - and a very good one as anybody who watched last summer’s World Cup will know - Depay will almost certainly be delighted with his return of 20 goals in the current campaign, not least because they helped his team PSV Eindhoven secure the Dutch league title at the expense of Ajax over the weekend. During the course of their celebrations, PSV revealed that Manchester United have made concrete enquiries about signing one of Europe’s most exciting prospects, with whom Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur have also been linked. “We have had a telephone call from them about him but no talks have been held yet,” said PSV technical director Marcel Brands in a TV interview. “There are several top clubs who have expressed an interest.”
With PSV resigned to losing Depay and his fellow midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum this summer, it remains only for them to decide on a fee for the duo. Tottenham are rumoured to have bid £14.5m for Depay, 21, but Brands insists he will cost whatever club eventually buys him a hell of a lot more. “It will be much higher than the offer from Tottenham Hotspur,” said Brands. “He will be very expensive.” Reports elsewhere suggest the fee could be closer to £25m.
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