Hamburg warn trio off van der Vaart

Hamburg manager Martin Jol has warned Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool that Rafael van der Vaart wants to stay at the club. The Premier League trio have all been linked with the talented midfielder after his displays at Euro 2008, while Real Madrid and Barcelona are said to be monitoring the situation.

Speaking in an interview with the club's official website, Jol revealed that the Dutch international has no problems with playing for the Rothosen, for the moment.

"Van der Vaart is a special case," Jol said.

"Zeljko Petrovic (Jol's assistant) has spoken to him on the phone and he said once again that he would like to stay at Hamburg.

"He loves Hamburg."

Jol did, however, leave the possibility open that the club might be forced to sell the playmaker if a top Spanish club comes in for the 25-year-old.

He added: "It could be that he would think about moving if a club like Real Madrid or Barcelona makes an offer - that is what we have learned from past experience."

Jol added that he hoped to promote a more attacking style of football at the club next season.

"We have to start scoring goals from all sorts of positions," he said.

"We only scored 40 goals last season and you don't usually finish fourth with that sort of haul."

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Van Der Vaart would be great at MANCHESTER UNITED.So Jol sell him to united now.Chelsea and Liverpool are rubbish
From erickilgour, on Sat 5 Jul 1:07PM
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yes van der vaaart come to man utd club...,you the deserve the best team in europe.
you know know it ...keep it up!!!!....Maltese fan of man utd
From manuel s, on Fri 4 Jul 8:42PM
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ahaha,I think Martin Jol is still feel the frustration from being sacked by SPURS & more like humiliation...so why not,this is his chance to revenge & show that he still have a power to fire out to all Premier League clubs that were known as his rivals before...
From qif_fiq, on Fri 4 Jul 7:22PM
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yeah come to Chelsea...we will give u all the money...please...
From soulblade_747, on Thu 3 Jul 6:31PM
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If van der Vaart stayed at Hamburg, it is a waste.
So far, He should get famous when he was young, he had bad luck at his career,
I knew about him when he played at Ajax, he is a world class player
He should move to a big euro club, it was a shame that his last year's transfer to Valencia collapsed.
From Sam, on Thu 3 Jul 12:33PM
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