Rafael van der Vaart spoke to talkSPORT2 about what his days were like Jose Mourinho when they both shared a dressing room in the Real Madrid and his departure from the club to go to the Premier League.
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The 38-year-old former soccer player had to leave the merengue entity when Mesut Özil He arrived as a great signing. According to him, the Portuguese coach was very sincere about his decision.
Mourinho is a great coach. I had it with Real Madrid for two seasons. He’s an honest guy and I think almost all the players who’ve worked with him don’t talk bad about him. That means that he always protects his footballers. ”
About the conversation about his departure, Van der Vaart it reveals: ” At that moment he said to me, ‘Rafa, I’m going to buy Ozil. So I think you better leave the club. If you stay that’s fine too, but you’re too good to sit on the couch. Try to go elsewhere. ‘And I went to Tottenham. ”
Finally, the former player ruled on the return of Baal to the Spurs after not being taken into account in the Real Madrid
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“I’m glad he’s back, but I’m happier than what he’s doing now because I think he’s a great player. He did a lot for Real Madrid and he deserved what he gets now and I hope he continues like this. ”
Van der Vaart He played for the merengue team for two seasons (2008-09 and 2009-10), playing 75 games in total, scoring 12 goals.
After leaving Madrid, Rafa went to Tottenham for two years later go to Hamburg and then return to Spain for the military in the 2015 BetisHis career ended in 2017 with the FC Midtjylland from Denmark.