Real Madrid: 5 youngsters who could be the Spanish Champions' next Galactico

4. Dele Alli

Bamidele Jermaine "Dele" Alli is the hottest young thing to hit English football since the early emergence of Wayne Rooney. Tall, strong, and inimitably imaginative on the ball, the attacking midfielder has been at the heart of the best Tottenham Hotspur side in decades, and his winning of the PFA Young Player of the Year Award two years running stands as an assured testament of that.

His current coach, Mauricio Pochettino has nothing but praise for him, saying, “In the box, he looks like a striker, and outside the box, he plays like a midfielder.", while Frank Lampard has frequently commented on Alli’s ability to ghost into the box unnoticed – coming from one of the masters of that very aspect, that is some high praise.

Street-smart and with a temper that matches his undoubted talent, Zinedine Zidane for one would readily identify with the youngster, and could well be the best man for him to work under.

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