Djed Spence has revealed that one of his former teammates and a strong Tottenham Hotspur transfer target from last summer reminds him of Neymar.
Ange Postecoglou had been lining up a move for Djed Spence’s former teammate before the forward opted to move elsewhere.
The teenager’s performance this season and the praise from Spence will leave Spurs kicking themselves that they didn’t push a bit harder to bring him to North London.
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Djed Spence claims Desire Doue reminds him of Neymar
Djed Spence claims that PSG winger and former Tottenham transfer target Desire Doue reminds him of Neymar having played together at Stade Rennais.
The teenager has been on fire for the French club this season having produced seven goals and 11 assists in 39 appearances.
Doue scored the winning penalty against Liverpool which sent PSG through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
Spence told Rio Ferdinand Presents: “You know Desire Doue, PSG? (We played together) at Rennes, he’s generational, he reminds me of Neymar.
“He’s proper Neymar-esque like regen, when I trained with him at Rennes he was 17 and I was like ‘this guy’s gonna be crazy, man’ and he’s at PSG now.”
Tottenham tried to sign Desire Doue last summer
Tottenham tried to sign Doue last summer but strong competition from Bayern Munich and PSG complicated their plans to land him.
PSG ended up winning the race for the winger as they agreed to sign him for £42 million from Rennes, beating Bayern, Arsenal and Spurs to his signature.
Spurs instead signed Wilson Odobert from Burnley and following a lengthy spell on the sidelines, the winger is starting to show flashes of brilliance.
Odobert just produced an impressive display for France’s U21 and Poastecoglou will hope the 19-year-old can make his mark on the final stages of Spurs’ season.