Football Transfer Update: EPL- Story of Real Madrid’s Rafael Van der Vaart transfer to Tottenham Hotspurs (Part 1)

Football Transfer Update: EPL- Story of Real Madrid’s Rafael Van der Vaart transfer to Tottenham Hotspurs (Part 1)
The English Premier League have officiated the signing of Dutch player Rafael Van der Vaart to Tottenham Hotspur. The 27 year old attacking midfielder’s signing is among the few last minute signings revealed and approved by Premier League.
The transfer window had closed on 31st August but there were clubs which had shown interest in players, therefore had conducted their medicals and some even the signing of the papers. What they had failed to accomplish was the official signing ceremony.
In cases like these, the club had to take permission from the League they were playing in and this case it was Premier League. The English League gave them permission soon after their appeal with the Hotspurs presented credible evidence to back them.
Officials from the club have announced that Netherlands international has been transferred from Real Madrid for 11 million Euros. The transfer comes amidst complains from both the Dutch player and Los Blancos, when they stated that they were both having a hard time with the club not being able to fit the player into their regular squad and the player in response having reservations on his lack of exposure on the field.
Tottemham Hotspurs manager Harry Redaknapp has stated that it came to his attention about the availability of Van der Vaart just in the last moments of the transfer window, so he immediately contacted the agent and the player and negotiated a deal.
The delay in the announcement of signing came because of a problem in transferring the funds from Tottenham to Real. Tottenham clarified it to the Premier League that the computer servers that were wiring the money had crashed, so there was a delay in the signing.
The men from White Hart Lane said that because there was a delay in the money transferring, the papers could not be signed and the deal was delayed. English Premier League has confirmed the fiasco and approved the deal.
Van der Vaart started his career from the Dutch footballing powerhouse Ajax. After spending his youth career there, he carried on with his professional career at the club in 2000. He played for the Dutch club for five years, made 117 appearances for them, and scored 52 goals.
In those 5 years, the Ajax saw a revolution and became one of the dominating football powers in the world. Swedish world class player Zlatan Ibrahimovic also proved to be the catalyst for the club’s success, though even after his departure the club continued its dominating campaign.
From Ajax, the Dutch player signed in at Hamburg in 2005. Here Van der Vaart again took the club through a major change, eventually evolving the club into the upper echelons of football. The German underdog club came seventh last season in Bundelsiga. Van der Vaart was a real difference maker in the club. He has capped 74 appearances for them and scored 29 goals in them.
Van der Vaart departed from Hamburg in 2008, after 3 years of success. In 2008, he went to one of the best clubs in football, Real Madrid. At the Spanish club Van der Vaart did have problems in adjusting, as the club already possessed the top players from the world, therefore he was overshadowed.
There were constants complains by him to the manager and the president of the club but they couldn’t do much about it. The last manager of Real Madrid, Manuel Pellegrini had complained quite often that he faced difficulties when he wanted to talk to the president. This was also one of the reasons for his sacking, as there was lack of communication in the club.