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"The intellectualisation
of football has
always foundered
on a simple problem-
-the players. Doing
all your most
rewarding thinking
with your feet seems
to dull the philo-
sophical impulse.
Unless, of course,
you are Dutch.
According to legend,
Europeans played
a moronic, muscular
version of the world's
game, until Holland
proclaimed its vision
of total football in the
1974 World Cup,
and enlightenment
dawned."

From:
Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football
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Rafael van der Vaart expects agreement soon

Sunday 3 August 2008

Rafael van der Vaart expects his transfer to Real Madrid to be a matter of time.

The 25-year-old Dutch midfielder of HSV Hamburg said this today in an interview with Spanish daily AS.

"At the moment I am still a Hamburg-player, but I expect the two clubs to reach an agreement any moment now."

"Playing for Real Madrid is a dream to me, and I'll be a happy man when this agreement is finally there."

Van der Vaart's contract will expire in 2010, but so far HSV have considered the fee offered by Madrid too low.

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