i dont get why madrid got VDV while they had a guy pretty similar Snijder !
well, they are not that similar. van der vaart is more a playmaker, while sneijder is more a mediopunta. means...van der vaart can play deep in midfield too, sneijder is excellent for the attacking third but not in central midfield. and he is not really a playmaker that can control the game, he is more a scoring threat...scoring in the hockey sense with goals and assists. they are not that similar.
but van der vaart has personality problems...to make it short, he is simply one of the dumbest players you will ever come across and his wife is one of those wives that you usually get to make people believe you are not from ghazvin
seriously...the guy is just dumb. funniest thing, he always talked about his love to play in Spain, his grandfather is spanish etc. when he was presented, he couldn't speak two words spanish. even you would have spoken better....hell, even fariborz knew more spanish than him.