Rafael van der Vaart

1st Schalke What You Know: If baseball’s Chicago Cubs had a baby with the Red Sox prior to 2004, Schalke would be the off­spring. What You Don’t: All things both good and bad must end. What to Expect: Yes, Campe­ones! I say that, buck­ing all trends, and know­ing full well that Schalke could be lead­ing the […]

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It’s finally offi­cial, Rafael van der Vaart the Nether­lands mid­fielder and Hamburg’s cap­tain is on his way to Real Madrid pend­ing the results of a med­ical. The Bundesliga’s own ver­sion of the Ronaldo affair has come an end. Although the clubs them­selves have not released the details regard­ing the trans­fer fee, reports in the German […]

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Fred Rut­ten isn’t the only new Dutch man­ager in the Bun­desliga, as ex-Tottenham Mar­tin Jol took over the reigns of Ham­burg ear­lier this month. It’s been nearly 30 years since Jol’s last appear­ance in Ger­many. He made 9 appear­ances for Bay­ern Munich as a mid­fielder in 1978/79 before return­ing to the Nether­lands the next season. […]

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