Van der Vaart

kakee

Spurs boss Harry Redknapp was alerted to the availability of Van der Vaart late on Tuesday afternoon and acted quickly to thrash out personal terms with the Real Madrid man. The midfielder has spoken of his delight at agreeing a deal worth €11 million over four years and is ready to test himself in the Premier League.
"Four years at Spurs, for €11 million, I can hardly believe it myself," Van der Vaart told De Telegraaf. "It's a pity I cannot now play against Ajax in the Champions League but I will get to face FC Twente."
The speed of a deal came as a surprise to the player, who said: "The interest from Tottenham came very quick and I did not have much time to think. But I want to play football again and if possible every week, with a beautiful club. I 'm totally happy."
Van der Vaart has played in Netherlands, Germany and Spain and is now looking forward to a new chapter in his career.
"I am excited about playing in England. Whether it suits my style remains to be seen, but I think a good footballer can adapt and I am very proud of this transfer."
The Premier League are understood to be investigating what Spurs claim were difficulties involving computer servers used in the transaction between themselves and Real, which hindered their attempts to submit the relevant paperwork on time.
It is not the first time the governing body have assessed whether a transfer has been completed before the deadline. In February 2009, they took a day to sanction Andrei Arshavin's move to Arsenal.
The Premier League are expected to rule on any delayed dealings by 15.00 BST on Thursday ahead of the 17.00 BST deadline for clubs to announce their 25-man squads for the season

I think this needs its own thread now as the window has closed. This has to happen for us

Robxxx7

i'm sure it will

SuprSi

I like those quotes. I rate him very highly and it's nice to hear good stuff from him about the club and about being happy to be here.

veXual

Great signing for spurs if this goes through. I think he'll play considerably better than he did at Madrid especially if he gets a bit of game time.

oppiuy

Will we now play five in midfield to accomodate RVD and Modders.

Lennon, Palacios, Modric, Bale

RVD

Pav

kakee

oppiuy wrote: »

Will we now play five in midfield to accomodate RVD and Modders.

Lennon, Palacios, Modric, Bale

RVD

Pav

I think that Wilson may miss out here. Harry has being raving about Huddlestone recently and as Spurs are an attacking team we should play with an attacking midfield. To play 4-5-1 we dont really have the right kind of forwards. Keane likes to drop off the play, defoe is too small and Crouch and Pav are too slow. Perhaps we could push Bale a little further up the field almost as a second striker. Something like this maybe

----huddlestone--
lennon----vdv---modric

---

bale

---

crouch----

mushykeogh

deadline was missed, hoping for dispensation from premier league.

kakee

Sky Sports News understands Tottenham Hotspur missed the deadline to finalise the paperwork for the signing of Rafael van der Vaart.
Spurs made a late bid to bring in Holland international Van der Vaart and tried to complete the deal before Tuesday's 6pm cut-off.
However, it is understood that technical issues prevented the necessary paperwork from being completed and Spurs have now requested special dispensation from the Premier League to add the midfielder to their squad.

So now what? I don't think the FA will grant special dispensation as this would open up a can of worms.

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

NOOOO! Surely we'll get him. What about FIFA over-ruling the FA as the international deadline is midnight?

Kiith

THFC wrote: »

NOOOO! Surely we'll get him. What about FIFA over-ruling the FA as the international deadline is midnight?

The internation deadline was midnight, but the UK deadline was 6pm. The only way this will go through is if Spurs can prove that a technical issue caused a delay in getting the application in on time.

ziedth

Could Real not just cancel his contract and we sign him as a free agent?

Kiith

ziedth wrote: »

Could Real not just cancel his contract and we sign him as a free agent?

Wouldnt they lose the transfer fee for him then? And wouldn't they have to buy out his contract to do this as well, so it would be an even bigger loss.

kakee

Could Real not just cancel his contract and we sign him as a free agent

I presume he has signed a contract for Tottenham so then he is our player. Will we be told to sell him back to Real. Surely the FA can't force Tottenham to tear up his contract he signed with us, and then tell Van Der Vaart go back to Madrid because he is no longer their player.

2nd Row Donkey

kakee wrote: »

I think that Wilson may miss out here. Harry has being raving about Huddlestone recently and as Spurs are an attacking team we should play with an attacking midfield. To play 4-5-1 we dont really have the right kind of forwards. Keane likes to drop off the play, defoe is too small and Crouch and Pav are too slow. Perhaps we could push Bale a little further up the field almost as a second striker. Something like this maybe

----huddlestone--
lennon----vdv---modric

---

bale

---

crouch----

Lets just play 6 midfielders and no strikers, they're all sh1te if you listen to everyone in here

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

kakee wrote: »

I presume he has signed a contract for Tottenham so then he is our player. Will we be told to sell him back to Real. Surely the FA can't force Tottenham to tear up his contract he signed with us, and then tell Van Der Vaart go back to Madrid because he is no longer their player.

Would it not be considered void if wasnt signed on time?

marty2002

SSN are saying the following:
Real Madrid president says that they made ALL deadlines for the transfer of RVDV and now fully expect the PL to confirm the transfer to Spurs by 5pm.
Heres hoping!

Gamesnash.ie: Pat

If it's not done by 5 we can't name him in the squad :mad:

ziedth

Didn't we sign Bobby Zamora by him getting realeased by his previous club otherwise he would have been transferee twice in one season. Or am I dreaming?

Kiith

Gamesnash.ie: Pat wrote: »

If it's not done by 5 we can't name him in the squad :mad:

Isnt the deadline for the 25 man squad tomorrow?

tipperaryjim

Kiith wrote: »

Isnt the deadline for the 25 man squad tomorrow?

Pretty sure it's today Kiith..

Fingers, toes, legs, hands crossed it'll get approval!

Gamesnash.ie: Pat

Kiith wrote: »

Isnt the deadline for the 25 man squad tomorrow?

Today

marty2002

woohoo...confirmed!!
http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/van-der-vaart-deal-confirmed-010910.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=van-der-vaart-deal-confirmed-010910

Gamesnash.ie: Pat

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS !

We have him

everdead.ie

Confirmed on ssn now

Gamesnash.ie: Pat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXiJBp7HK5o

Can any creative genius make a song to this tune called "We Buy Van Der Vaart .com"

tipperaryjim

Get in there!!!!!!

Yeeeeeeeeehaaaaaa:D

kakee

:):) Yipeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you Bayern for not buying him, thank you Real for selling him cheap and thank you Mr. Levy for getting the deal done.

T-b0n3

Happy days. Would have not been happy if that had not gone through.

Am delighted it all worked out. Hes going to be a great player for us I reckon.

:D:D:D:D:D:D

Bodie Doyle

yessssssssssssssssssssssss
Over the moon with this signing. I was complaining earlier on in the week about too many midfielders but when you have the chance to sign a class player like Rafael van der Vaart then you have to jump at the opportunity.

And what a bargain.

I cannot wait to see him in a Spurs shirt.

COYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Daniel Levy - please forgive me for all the horrible things I said about you a few years back ( selling Berbatov and Robbie within a few weeks of each other nearly killed me).

ruiseal

marty2002 wrote: »

woohoo...confirmed!!
http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/van-der-vaart-deal-confirmed-010910.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=van-der-vaart-deal-confirmed-010910

Yeeessss!!!!!!

...(uncrosses fingers)........

nipps

YYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!

COULDN'T BE HAPPIER!!!!!:D:D:D:):):):D:D:D:pac::pac::pac::D:D:D

2nd Row Donkey

Boom!Boom! Get in there!


Mister Van Der Vaart let me introduce you to my fantasy football team!

Kiith

Excellent. Delighted with this transfer. We can't help but keeping things interesting, can we? :P

Quick question, will he be cup tied for the Champions League? I'm assuming not as Real havent played any matches so far.

therecklessone

Kiith wrote: »

Excellent. Delighted with this transfer. We can't help but keeping things interesting, can we? :P

Quick question, will he be cup tied for the Champions League? I'm assuming not as Real havent played any matches so far.

He's not cup tied.

jonp

Delighted with this sigining. He should give us that extra spark in midfield when Modric is not around and hopefully there is a way of playing the two together. Five man attacking midfield with one up front?

Also take you hat off to VDV's agent for making this happen. He has made it look like the deal of the century for us, but was the Bayern deal ever really on the table? - Anyway who cares. A quality addition to the squad.

Shammy

A little bonus , did you see his wife.:D

PogMoThoin

Shammy wrote: »

A little bonus , did you see his wife.:D

Hope she likes London ....................and Milan for holidays

Hatch99

Shammy wrote: »

A little bonus , did you see his wife.:D

Yeah she's not bad. Her on Jamie's Dani ?

tippspur

Great signing for us.DELIGHTED !!

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

:D:DSigning of the summer! We're lucky they didn't go to City with him!:D:D:D

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Any one know when he becomes availible on Fantasy? Dont want to have to log in evry day to check! Would presume he'll be about 7 mill??

Manic087

I saw Van Der Vaart playing a few years ago for Ajx (boys few days in Amsterdam and got a game in) and him and Sneijder were unbelievable. Apparently his recent form was down to his wife being unwell and football being second but she's fully recovered and he wants to play proper football again. I really hope we see the best of him (and his missus obviously)!!

Antisocialiser

Dort.

ziedth

I prefer abbey clacy tbh. I'd let her go for gold though

tippspur

Antisocialiser wrote: »

Dort.

Glad to see she's well again:cool:

tipperaryjim

http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/soccer/2010/0906/1224278308755.html

"Van der Vaart snubbed Liverpool"

This guy is a legend already!

kakee

So Van Der Vaart makes his debut for the Spurs. I only saw bits and piecesof the game on the net. From what I saw he seems to be fitting in well with the team and likes to get involved in taking frees, corners etc. Not afraid to have a shot either.

galinka

After 90 minutes i firmly believe he will be one of our best signings since Ardiles.

He made 2 killer passes to lennon and Bale on saturday which should have created 2 goals!

Jayo11780

Dear Mr.Van der Vaart,

Welcome to the Premiership and your new home at White Hart Lane. We quite like Dutchmen at Spurs; well some of them anyway, Edgar Davids and Martin Jol spring to mind. Others we are not so fond of, Denis Bergkamp and Robin Van Persie for a start. There's a link there but I expect Mr. Gallas who has crossed the same divide has already acquainted you with the background to all this .

We quite liked the sound of you from your CV. Most players that are good enough for Ajax, Hamburg, Real Madrid, and the Dutch national squad are usually good enough for us, particularly if they are closer to 25 than 30. More importantly we liked the look of you on yesterday's performance. We noted that you immediately made chums with little Luka and that in the first half hour you made our hearts sing.

Apologies for young Aaron missing the chance which you set up with that cheeky little back heel but he seems to have lost confidence this season. Any more of those little impurtenances and you will be half way to becoming a Spur's legend before Xmas. Perhaps on the training ground you could teach one or two others how to pass like you, Tom and Luka.

What we actually need is scorers and you might be able to help out in that department too. Yesterday was the type of performance you might have to get used to: dazzle for a third of the game, frustrate for a third, disappoint for third, and infuriate for a third. Like this analysis we do not always add up to the sum of our parts.

West Brom under a new young manager are desperately trying to cement their place in the Premiership having suffered from crumbling masonary in the past. I have to warn you that we have trouble beating easily the teams that we should easily beat . Most people predicted that we would win this by a couple of goals, including me. With Tottenham this is usually fatal and so it proved.

The manager Mr. Redknapp is a bit of a card and he will refer to you as a 'triffic signing for sure'. This that means that he likes you. Don't get confused between Sandra and Sandro: the former is his wife who is sometimes used as a stick to beat the boys with. This is not as sexy as it sounds. You may be puzzled by the number of old Tottenham players who are on the coaching staff. Ignore them and remember what you learned at Real Madrid. It will see you in good stead.

Our fans are unusual too. Sometimes referred to as 'fickle' their opinions can swing violently. Take Wilson Palacios who was widely regarded as the new Dave Mackay. ( See the chapter on 'Spurs Heroes ' in the book that accompanies this letter) and who was. at one time, beyond criticism as I found to my cost. Now he has been replaced in our hopes by a young Brazilian boy, the aformentioned Sandro, whom we have never seen and who isn't even in the Champions' League squad. Thought I would work that in because I correctly mentioned this last time and then incorrectly corrected myself.

But Harry and the fans are OK. Harry's English will improve no end in conversation with Luka, Pavlyuchenko and yourself and a lot of what he says are Harry's little jokes with the press and the fans; like saying he would make Gallas captain. A red rag to a bull as they say in Spain as you will know. He's what we call a' wind up merchant' which has nothing to do with clockwork toys or Big Ben.

The fans like skill but almost as much they admire commitment. I think you will score on both points. If you do score that might just make it three points.The hissing in imitation of the gas chambers which you will remember from your days at Ajax will make you feel right at home. The Ajax fans identified with the Jewish population wiped out by the Nazis in Amsterdam and were taunted as Tottenham are from time to time. When you hear the phrase 'Van de Vaart is a Yid' do not pack your bags or complain to your agent, it means that you have been accepted. It's what another of our Spurs heroes called 'getting your retaliation in first' (See enclosed book again)

Our defence is much better when under the surveillance of club captain Ledley King who doesn't play as often as we would like because of 'dodgy' knees, which means his knees swell up after games. Not to confused with 'dodgy' Harry which refers to tax dealings and a court case which is pending, or the Greek philosopher.

Our stand in captain Michael Dawson is out for three months, our one time captain Robbie Keane is out of favour and Big Tom, who you can't help but notice around the place, had the job yesterday. You may find yourself in line for the position quite soon. Incidently don't accept invitations by Mr. Keane for trips overseas for 'celebrations'. Harry doesn't approve of them.

I hope that this will help you to settle in very quickly. You have already put yourself about in the press and on the official site, saying all the right things about 'rejecting Liverpool', coming 'above Arsenal' and so on. But at Spurs we would prefer you to 'let your football do the talking'. It certainly looked quite eloquent yesterday.

Best of luck on Tuesday in the Champions' League where I am sure you will make your mark. Hopefully not in the Van Bommell World Cup sense though.Your new pal Luka, though not as badly injured as first thought, will probably not start in Germany but Harry says that you will get an hour at least probably as second striker to Crouchy, another team mate that you can't really miss. Let's hope it's enough. Synchronise watches men, ´this is the 'Big Time'.

In anticipation of great things to come,

therecklessone

Source please?

PCPhoto

im not a spurs fan (unless they are playing a team like Utd, chelsea, West ham, Arsenal etc etc)

but I had to thank that post - well written and very witty.