Written by Adam Bader on Tuesday, 05 August 08, 01:23 PM

UPDATE: Van Der Vaart has finally put pen on paper and signed a five-year contract with Real Madrid.
Rafael van de Vaart was accompanied by his wife and two-year old son Damián, who received a Real Madrid shirt ftrom Ramón Calderón. Also present were his parents and maternal grandparents, native residents of Chiclana, Cadiz in Southern Spain.
Sitting between Ramón Calderón and Alfredo Di Stéfano, the player inked the five-year deal with the club. He then thanked the President for making his dream of playing for Real Madrid a reality. Calderón presented Van der Vaart with the pen used to sign the contract and a silver replica of the Santiago Bernabéu before the latter departed for the official presentation in front of the media and fans.
Real Madrid's newest acquisition, Rafael van der Vaart was given the green light by the club's medical services prior to making his way to the Santiago Bernabéu to sign his contract. The Dutch midfielder arrived at Sanitas La Moraleja Hospital at 9:00 CET to undergo various checkups, all of which he passed with flying colors. His official presentation is scheduled to take place at 13:00.More on this soon , Hamdi AlHaddad
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I took some time to watch R.Madrid in Emirates cup, and i must say Arsenal was much faster and as i stated before in recent comments our midfield was not playing as a team linking up with the forwards, gutti made some through passes but wasn't finding the forwards, now sneidjer is out for the begining of the season Van Der Vaart is a good signing, i just hope he can make that missing link with the forwards
Robinho really want's to Leave R.Madrid.... For Chelsea can U believe Chelsea!!!! Anyway i must say he really was treated unfairly by the R.Madrid. He was R.Madrid future star and R.Madrid put him in the back seat because they gave C.Ronaldo all the hype who doesn't even play for them. I must say i feel sorry for him. He also wanted to represent his country in the Olympics but really and truely i think C.Ronaldo's saga that's what had caused the damage to him... And also Chelsea wage package is better
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so any of u know which number he will hav
Reply to yllig:
Not announced yet