WTF, Van de Vaart went to Hamburg!

vorbis

Got to be the weirdest transfer of the summer and for only 3.5 million!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4673085.stm

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Guy:Incognito

Wheres Benitez when the likes of this come up?



Off signing poxy peter crouch for £7m is bloody where.

Mitch Connor

van der Vaart was crap last seaon for ajax

p.pete

He's brilliant in Championship Manager - this just doesn't make sense

andyman

That is the strangest and most confusing story ever

Chong

It certainly dont make sense I cant wait to read De Telegraaf tommorrow.

eirebhoy

Old news, This was one of the first transfers of the summer. I've never seen him play a good game in my life and is terribly overrated. Van der Meyde was also terribly overrated until recently. As are a lot of Dutch players. VdV could probably have got a move to a bigger club on his reputation but is probably a better judge of himself than anyone else. For example, I play a lot better with crap players than good players.

eirebhoy

Willem D wrote:

It certainly dont make sense I cant wait to read De Telegraaf tommorrow.

Where have you people been?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=2819490&postcount=64

wheres me jumpa

i didnt hear about this and i was a bit surprised. but as said above i havent seen him play much, but for some reason i think hes a great player, so that certainly says a lot about his reputation.

as for his ability, im seriously doubting it after a move like that. im sure united were interested in signing him last year, maybe two years ago.

Pepe LeFrits

wheres me jumpa wrote:

i didnt hear about this and i was a bit surprised. but as said above i havent seen him play much, but for some reason i think hes a great player, so that certainly says a lot about his reputation.

as for his ability, im seriously doubting it after a move like that. im sure united were interested in signing him last year, maybe two years ago.

By all accounts VDV has been shíte for 2 seasons now. It seems being in the media spotlight as a result of his growing reputation, Ajax captaincy and famous girlfriend has gotten to him.

Draupnir

I actually have never seen him play well, and Ive seen him play about 15/20 times on tv. Looks to have momentary talent but over 90 minutes he just drifts in and out.

Cianan2

Watched a few compilations on the net, and he appears to be good but ive never seen him in a full match myself so i cant judge by that....

PiE

Moving to a small club with no other "big" stars to share the limelight is reeeeally gonna help him.

Mitch Connor

I think this was the right move for him. If united or barcelona had gone in for he would have jumped at the chance but neither did. The fact is vdV is a very talented player, who has suffered at Ajax. It all seemed to start going wrong when he started to date a dutch supermodel(i think). Their relationship has been very high profile and he has not handled the torrents of abuse from rival fans that well. He has also spent the last 2 seasons being played out of position (which never results in good performances), this also led to a falling out with the Ajax managemt which further ruined his form. He had to leave Ajax and start fresh. I think Hamburg will be a good move for him, as he will be their big star and will probably lead the team from his favoured position. He has a great chance to regain his form there and i would not be surprised to seem im move to one of the big teams within the next 2 or 3 years.

PHB

He was talented, like Robben was at 18, and thus everyone went nuts about him.
He developed an ego, became kinda like Gazza with the night life, and stopped concentrating on his football, and in turn has played ****e for two season.
He is going to Hamburg to rebuild his career, since he can play there for two years, get back to his old self, then get a big club to buy him.

pickarooney

I think his father-in-law manages or is somehow involved in the setup at Hamburg, and Khalid Bouhlarouz is already there. A few years back lots of clubs were clamouring for him, and he stated that he would wait one more year and then move to Spain. He sucked hard that year and nobody wanted him any more. He reckoned he should be able to play in the middle, where he preferred, and not on the left, where the manager wanted him. Dropped for his attitude and poor form, his replacement, Wesley Sneijder had a much better time of it on the left and so there was no place left for the captain.
Even with Ajax in rag-order last season he couldn't buy a look in under Koeman and things didn't really improve under Blind.
Personally, I think his talent is very limited and he's unable to mix it with more aggressive players and he'll be warming the bench at Hamburg by Christmas.

Space Coyote

I don't know how the bejebus I'm only hearing about this transfer now!!! I must read teletext 5 times a day every day and read the back pages of the highly informative daily mirror and star every day too. Where the hell have i been?! Anyhoo, it is probably a good move for the lad, he has gone so stale at Ajax the last couple of years. Good luck to him (and his bird).

treefingers

http://www.goal.com/NewsDetail.aspx?idNews=76683&idSez=18

Draupnir

so thats what Brian O Driscoll is doing while he is injured!

pickarooney

Well VDV has certainly got off to a good start, banging in a few goals and generally controlling the last couple of games with Hamburg. He's back in the frame for Oranje (scored a cracker against Andorra) and might start living up to his potential now.
Or is it just a matter of time before he implodes and is shoe-shining in the HSV bootroom?