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Rafael van der Vaart to Liverpool

Thursday, 08. 20. 2009  –  Category: La Liga, Liverpool, Premier League, Real Madrid

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Is Rafa going to buy Van Der Vaart with his imagination money?

The Times is really scraping the bottom of the barrel with this one, even by their own admission: “…given that the Holland playmaker would cost about £10 million and Benítez has nearly exhausted his budget, there is little chance of a deal”. So no mention of sources and an admission that Liverpool don’t have the funds to buy the player, which would make it impossible for a deal to go through.

The idea is certainly appealing, while Van der Vaart is certainly the worst of the Dutch forwards at Real, he’s still fairly handy, can play across the front three, score goals, setup goals. All of these things, Liverpool are looking for, but considering they’ve spent their last pennies on a 30 year old Greek centre half, they’re going to have a really hard time finding anyone.

The only thing that could work in their favour is if no other club makes an offer for the Van der Vaart, and Madrid need to sell. If these stars align correctly, then there is a small chance that he could end up at Anfield in the next week or so.

The Dutch forward was linked with Chelsea earlier in the year, and was said to be anxious to leave Real:

“Fortunately for me, Chelsea want me, so I have everything clear – if Guus Hiddink remains at the helm of Chelsea I hope the signing will be closed soon. I want to leave Real Madrid.”

Slightly odd in and of itself as Hiddink was never staying at Chelsea and the deal never materialised. There are a few clubs still sniffing around, so Liverpool have almost no chance.

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