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Tottenham blame slow servers to clinch Van der Vaart deal

Submitted by tribalfootball.com on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 12:16

Tottenham are banking on computer server problems to clear them to signing Rafael van der Vaart.

The Mirror says Spurs were today hopeful of being given the all clear over the signing of Van der Vaart after technical problems saw them struggle to complete the £8million move before the transfer deadline.

The Premier League are understood to be investigating what Spurs claim were difficulties involving computer servers used in the transaction between themselves and Real, which hindered their attempts to submit the relevant paperwork on time.

It is not the first time the Premier League have assessed whether a transfer has been completed before the deadline.

In February 2009, they took a day to sanction Andrei Arshavin's move to Arsenal.

A year earlier, Manchester City were unable to formally announce the signing of Benjani Mwaruwari's from Portsmouth for almost a week due to a wrangle over whether the paperwork had been submitted before the deadline.

 
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Comments (7)

Submitted by a (not verified) on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 23:52.

huge siging will be spurs best player by far if it goes through and only 8 mill compared to 20+ for the great white donkey milner it is the buy of the window 4 sure....

Submitted by Steven (not verified) on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 21:04.

injury prone and overrated. just look at the world championship.
the wolfsburg deal for diego was the best midfield trade.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 14:55.

swoop!(the deal is now done)
How many managers do you reckon will cry and moan that this was done over the time limit?
Maybe so but i couldn't give a rats ass.
And the fact that we didn't let anyone leave the lane is just as great.

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