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DENNIS BERGKAMP has spoken of his pride at having one of his greatest goals embossed on a new banknote.

The Dutch treasury have instructed the Royal Enschede printing company – responsible for minting Holland’s currency – to produce a unique eight-euro note.

It will include images of Bergkamp’s brilliant strike to condemn Argentina to a quarter-final defeat in Marseille during the 1998 World Cup in France as well as a portrait of the striker.

The first 10 notes will be limited edition, printed on paper made of 23-carat gold leaf – and will instantly become priceless collectors’ items when they are launched next Sunday in Amsterdam.

He is the first Dutch sport star to be given this honour – and Dutch banks have already been told to brace themselves for a flood of enquiries from fanatical Arsenal supporters desperate to get their hands on a piece of football and notaphily history.

Bergkamp said: “Every top player has to have a moment where he thinks, ‘Oh, do you remember that goal?’.

“Marco van Basten is still remembered for the goal in the Euro ’88 final. Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona are famous for their dribbling goals and Cristiano Ronaldo with those high-jumping headed goals also has his special moments.

“That’s why I’m so happy with this goal. I produced it on the very highest stage.

“My goals for Arsenal against Leicester City and Newcastle United in the Premier League were also beautiful.

“But you want to have a moment like this on the highest level. I try to stay objective – but every World Cup it gets more beautiful.

“I only dreamed of this as a child, so the emotion was many times more important. I just knew that this could be the moment of my career, even though I still had some way to go as a footballer.

Designers have used a revolutionary holography design that means the banknote will also be a piece of digital art. All notes will have a digital counterpart in the metaverse.

They have been designed using a revolutionary wavefront technique that enables owners to create a digital selfie with Bergkamp.

It will also provide fans of the 54-year-old with a gateway into his life and his experiences over his career.