Van der Vaart - I'm staying
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adiepf
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oh nic :roll::grin:
ethanedwards
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Also believe VDV could have a massive season next year, and as you say with the right partner, sweet dreams:wink:This makes me very happyThink he will be even better next season, I'm already dreaming about him playing with our new world class striker
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It's mega, hard core sex with a nubile asian girl
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Someone needs to make a .gif of him punching wenger then kissing the badge!!!! :beer::bowdown:
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Marin* Lennon.
jamesc0le
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Tottenham midfielder Rafael van der Vaart has vowed to stay at the club despite Spurs' failure to reach next season's Champions League.
The London club can still automatically qualify for the Europa League if they defeat Birmingham on Sunday.
And the Dutchman denied he will leave to pursue top-level European football, telling the London Evening Standard: "I want to stay. It's great to be here.
"Do I see myself at Tottenham for the next few years? Of course."
Van der Vaart, 28, arrived in an £8m switch from Real Madrid in the August transfer window and played seven times in the Champions League, scoring twice. Eye-catching displays have led to reported interest from Manchester United.
Tottenham reached the quarter-finals in their debut Champions League season. They recorded a famous 3-1 home win over Inter Milan, with Van der Vaart scoring the opener, and also defeated AC Milan 1-0 in the San Siro.
Manager Harry Redknapp urged fans to be realistic about the future despite a string of fine performances in the Champions League this season and admitted his squad will find it harder to qualify again if they play in the Europa League next campaign because of the congested schedule.
Redknapp said: "You play Thursdays and Sundays most weeks. It is very difficult to concentrate and it makes the Premier League even harder. It seems that, when teams get in it, they want to get out of it."
Van der Vaart concedes the Londoners were not worthy of making it to Europe's elite competition again for next term citing the points dropped against lesser sides in the Premier League as the reason for the club falling behind fourth-placed Manchester City.
The Netherlands midfielder added: "Against the big teams, we always play well but, with due respect, against the smaller teams we dropped too many points and, if you do that, you don't deserve to be in the Champions League.
"Still, we have had a great season and a long one, as well. Everyone gets tired, but when you win games like the one at Anfield [defeating Liverpool 2-0 on Sunday], it gives you a lot of confidence.
"You want to be in the Champions League, but you want to play in the Europa League as well. It's a great title to win and it means you play at least twice most weeks, which is important.
"The Europa League can help our development in Europe but you have to remember that we did well in the Champions League. Reaching the quarter-finals in our first season was fantastic."
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good to see he sees the importance of midweek european footy and that it will give more players at the club a chance to develop. danny rose, for example, should be a shoe-in for uefa and cup footy next season
bubble07
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Next season I think Rafa will be our player of the season. He has had this season to settle in and understand how we play. If we can get a striker who can run around he will have more space. With a proper rest and pre season with us he will be class. He has 13 league goals for us which is very decent for a supporting striker that has been in and out of the team through injury. Only berba tevez van persie, Rooney and odenwinge have scored more league goals I think
Mr Pink
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Would imagine Bent, Kuyt etc have scored more too....but I totally agree mate.
bubble07
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Yep Bent has more but Rooney has less. Kuyt has the same
Even better when you consider who he has been scoring them against. He has scored 6 of our 13 goals against other top 7 PL teams. No other player has managed more than one.
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Which really does suggest that lower-level teams who sit deep and defend in numbers, the teams we have been so conspicuously failing to defeat, are also the ones in which the 4-5-1 system with VDV has struggled to make an impact.
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