Rafael van der Vaart
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Oct 2, 2026
George SessionsHOST
And I kind of was thinking, you know, as a fan, I loved that period.
George SessionsHOST
You know, we had the Champions League nights, you know, you had Gareth Bale, Van der Vaart.
George SessionsHOST
So I don't really feel like as a fan we've massively missed out because Spurs, you know, you still had Ferguson's Man United then, you still had, you know, Arsenal were a brilliant side, you know, Chelsea were an excellent side then.
George SessionsHOST
So Spurs weren't title contenders per se in that early part of that period.
George SessionsHOST
But if I was Harry Redknapp, I would be sort of sitting there and thinking, you know what? If we had got Champions League in 2010-11, 11-12, you know, his last season, maybe Spurs would have signed more Rafa van der Vaart players.
George SessionsHOST
And we wouldn't have had that January where it was Louis Sahar and Ryan Nelson, obviously, the famous midwinter window.
George SessionsHOST
And, you know, I feel Harry Redknapp was a really good manager for Spurs.
Shaun MalhotraPANELIST
Thing is, I always say this, and I, I...
Shaun MalhotraPANELIST
This is the part of Dutch football that I don't like because in Holland there's a show, I've mentioned it before, that is hosted by Marco van Basten, Rafael van der Vaart, Wesley Sneijder.
Shaun MalhotraPANELIST
Sometimes they get another ex-pro player to come in, and they tend to put down the team so much.
Shaun MalhotraPANELIST
They put down certain individuals every game.
Seb MartinHOST
Um, we also had a couple of other suggestions.
Seb MartinHOST
Van der Vaart for the 11-12 season, um, obviously, again.
Seb MartinHOST
We had, uh, an Edgar Davids 05-06 shout-
Ben BowmanHOST
Oh, brilliant
SimGUEST
You, when you look at that season, as you're talking about, Peter Crouch scores that goal, and, uh, we get the Champions League football, yet look, whether it's because of a lack of willing or we couldn't because of whatever financial re- um, restrictions we had on ourselves.
SimGUEST
I think that summer we only signed, I think, Rafael van der Vaart, I think.
SimGUEST
And what demands did you do that summer having not got Champions League? They signed David Silva.
SimGUEST
They signed Yaya Touré.
Dan KilpatrickGUEST
That was very much a period where you could get better players if you're in the Champions League.
Dan KilpatrickGUEST
Spurs got Van der Vaart because they were in the Champions League that season.
JackHOST
Mm.
Dan KilpatrickGUEST
I don't think he's gonna join from Real Madrid if they're not.
Jeb ArooHOST
You've got Wayne Rooney hosting the Carabao Cup draw.
Jeb ArooHOST
You've got Raphael van der Vaart on a couple of us.
Jeb ArooHOST
I mean, a little picture next to their name would be quite a little pièce de résistance.
Jeb ArooHOST
Somebody
Julie WelchPANELIST
I can always remember Wilson Palacios because it was such a great name to have.
Julie WelchPANELIST
The trouble is that I always get so carried away by remembering Modrich, Bale, Van der Vaart, Peter Crouch.
Julie WelchPANELIST
I sort of forget the other contributors.
Julie WelchPANELIST
And I had to look up Chorluka, Chorluka, Chorluka.
LaurenHOST
I feel like we've had these...
LaurenHOST
When we think about what epitomises, you know, when we talk about play the Spurs way and you think about like your Ozzy Ardiles, your Gaza, your Ginola, and obviously more recently, Eriksen, Van der Vaart.
LaurenHOST
Watch Pullover put that 23 on her back.
LaurenHOST
and play like that.
Matt HarrisonHOST
He's off the bench.
Matt HarrisonHOST
So the starting 11 is JT Dudek, Arbeloa, Metzelder, Albiol Drenthe, Diarra, Esteban Granero, Guti, Rafael Van der Vaart, Karim Benzema and Captain Raul.
Mark HarrisonHOST
And they lost 4-0.
Matt HarrisonHOST
They lost 4-0.
Jermain DefoeGUEST
You make a run and they pass to you.
Jermain DefoeGUEST
But then there was Wayne Rooney and Raphael Van der Vaart where if I'd make a run, they will slip it down on this side of the center back
Kris BoydHOST
yeah
Jermain DefoeGUEST
so so so to have that intelligence to know okay you're making a run but i know you're going to run in there so what i'm going to do i'm just going to play it in a space you can run onto it and finish well if you play it to me i might have to have two or three touches um and yeah those two players were the ones that were just on another level in terms of knowing where i want to be like on another level
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