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My apologies to our greatest ever goalie Edwin . I come up 3/4 obscure names in England and miss him out . If I am going to come up with lists of players I should do my homework better.

SPL , One helluva list you've put together. Thanks. It's just that everything is Becks, Posh, and TomKat at the moment over here. I just wasn't sure where E-Z Ed had gone .It is tough to see thru the gliterazzi's b.s. at the moment.

This is quite old news but I'd not seen it before today. Shota Arveladze has left AZ to go to Levante in Spain

http://www.az.nl/index.php?module=news&articleID=21207

SE6Ajacied schreef:This is quite old news but I'd not seen it before today. Shota Arveladze has left AZ to go to Levante in Spain

http://www.az.nl/index.php?module=news&articleID=21207

good news for ajax :hupajax.gif: shota is a hard lad to hate, with Levante he cant score on us...good luck to him in spain.

I've just read that Schuster @ Real Madrid has named Rafael VanDerVaart as a potential target to solve their attacking midfield problems. It would mark quite a phenomenal step for Rafael to go from HSV where he hasn't won anything straight to the Madrid giants.

ofey schreef:I've just read that Schuster @ Real Madrid has named Rafael VanDerVaart as a potential target to solve their attacking midfield problems. It would mark quite a phenomenal step for Rafael to go from HSV where he hasn't won anything straight to the Madrid giants.

That's not a problem, Real haven't won bugger all in the last number of years either (before Barça handed them the title this year).

So there you go...a straight two horse race and Birmingham won.... WTF?

He cites:
-the manager
-the role, (Playing on the right wing versus.....?)
-the league; i.e. the cash
-the city.....

It must be the cash...or am I missing something

Birmingham's De Ridder: Bruce convinced me to reject Ajax
tribalfooball.com - August 02, 2007

Daniel de Ridder has revealed how he chose Birmingham City over an emotional return to former club Ajax.
De Ridder began his career at Ajax before joining Celta Vigo in Spain in 2005.

"Why Birmingham? The manager," said the winger. "He made it very clear what the plan was this season and what my role would be.


"I know he was watching me in the under-21s Championship, and I had several talks with him. We met in Monaco one time. I was impressed.

"There were other clubs who wanted me. The other that was close was my home-town club, Ajax. But Birmingham was the most convincing one for me.

"The Premiership is a dream challenge for me. So, altogether - the manager, the role, the league, the city - it was right."

The Dutch whiz knows he'll be targeted by opposition defenders and he's ready to get kicked.

"That's the passion of England, that's the mentality," he said. "It's good to be passionate in games. I just have to make sure I am in top shape, good condition, and then I will keep my head up."

ofey schreef:I've just read that Schuster @ Real Madrid has named Rafael VanDerVaart as a potential target to solve their attacking midfield problems. It would mark quite a phenomenal step for Rafael to go from HSV where he hasn't won anything straight to the Madrid giants.

They'll probably get him for 1.5m euros in 2009 if they still havent solved their problems, I doubt Real are willing to splash the cash now especially if theyre still thinking of buying Robben which may be more than 25m euros

Valencia have offered HSV 14 million euros for Rafaël van der Vaart, but HSV don't want to sell. VDV, however, really wants to go: Spain has always been his dream and Valencia would be the ultimate thing for him, 'cos his mum and his grandparents are Spanish - and from the Valencia area.

"I really want to join Valencia and it would seriously hurt if I have to stay here," he is quoted saying in local newspaper, Hamburger Abendblatt.

I can feel a conflict coming up...

K.

Kowalczyk schreef:Valencia have offered HSV 14 million euros for Rafaël van der Vaart, but HSV don't want to sell. VDV, however, really wants to go: Spain has always been his dream and Valencia would be the ultimate thing for him, 'cos his mum and his grandparents are Spanish - and from the Valencia area.

"I really want to join Valencia and it would seriously hurt if I have to stay here," he is quoted saying in local newspaper, Hamburger Abendblatt.

I can feel a conflict coming up...

K.

There's a lot of mind games going into these things isn't there? Valencia have the advantage of playing in a higher profile league than Hamburg so can always use that to entice players but VdV's Spanish family links are also well known so there's an added bonus for Valencia. Nothing particularly wrong in that, it's just strange as nothing's admitted - the average fan reading that story in the paper would be thinking "oh, isn't that a coincidence.....", until perhaps they thought again.....

Would be interesting to see VdV in Spain anyway.

how much did we sell vdv for ?

philippe schreef:how much did we sell vdv for ?

5m i think.

Haha, after seeing Wes go to Spain, VdV doesnt want to be left behind! It wouldve been more interesting if he's able to go to Barcelona.

does anyone know what has become of Richard Witschge ?

Trainer of one of the Ajax youth teams I think.

You're full of questions this morning, Philippe!

nice to read Richard is still working with the family

Some prices are surprising (from VI.nl)

Real Madrid Investments under Ramón Calderón

Summer 2007
Wesley Sneijder 27 million Ajax
Royston Drenthe 13 million Feyenoord
Pepe 30 million FC Porto (Por)
Christoph Metzelder transferfree Borussia Dortmund (Ger)
Jerzy Dudek transferfree Liverpool (Eng)
Javier Saviola transferfree Barcelona (Spa)

Winter 2007
Marcelo 7 million Fluminense (Bra)
Fernando Gago 20 million Boca Juniors (Arg)
Gonzalo Higuaín 13 million River Plate (Arg)

Summer 2006
Mahamadou Diarra 28 million Olympique Lyon (Fra)
Ruud van Nistelrooy 15 million Manchester United (Eng)
Fabio Cannavaro 20 million* Juventus (Ita)
Emerson 20 million* Juventus (Ita)


*Real paid Juventus 20 miljoen euros for Fabio Cannavaro and Emerson

Our good mate Mido: from Spurs to Middlesbrough. 9 million euros.

K.

Kowalczyk schreef:Our good mate Mido: from Spurs to Middlesbrough. 9 million euros.

K.

Let me guess... he wore out his welcome at Spurs.

His name was mentioned in another thread, but... where is Trabelsi these days?? He was in England last season, but didn't get regular playing time, and I haven't seen his name turn up on a team this season. Kind of a shame that he went from being such a huge force at Ajax to relative obscurity now.

Trabelsi is still without a club.

The door is always open for you, Hatem...

Come play with us in the Champions League!

K.

SPL schreef:Trabelsi is still without a club.

That is amazing to me. He's a very solid player... and he's not that old, is he? Maybe 27 or 28 years old?

AjaxPDX schreef:

SPL schreef:Trabelsi is still without a club.

That is amazing to me. He's a very solid player... and he's not that old, is he? Maybe 27 or 28 years old?

Yeah, but very very bad knees.

philippe schreef:does anyone know what has become of Richard Witschge ?

According to a news published today by Sportweek, he will become assistant of Oranje -19. Here is the link : http://www.sportweek.nl/detail.asp?grou ... wsid=36244

Trabelsi is 30.