#5 Vincent Janssen – €22.10 million
Vincent Janssen signed for Tottenham Hotspurs from AZ Alkmaar in July 2016. The 22-year-old joined the London club coming fresh off an excellent 2015-16 campaign. After not scoring in his first eight matches for the club, he went on to score 20 league goals in the second half of the season.
In the end, the Dutch forward finished as the highest scorer in the Eredivisie with 27 goals in the 2015-16 season. He was also awarded the 2016 Johan Cruyff trophy, an award given to the best under 21 player in the Dutch league.
The young striker, understandably, has garnered a lot of praise from other senior players. Rafael Van der Vaart has predicted Janssen to establish himself as a ‘legend’. Not bad. Not bad at all.