Relief for Spurs as van der Vaart deal gets green light

RAFAEL van der VAART’S £8million move to Tottenham from Real Madrid was the most high-profile of the transfer deadline-day deals to be ratified by the Premier League yesterday afternoon.

Spurs had been sweating on being given the green light to sign the Holland midfielder after technical issues hampered their attempts to submit the relevant paperwork prior to Tuesday night’s 6pm deadline.

But after investigating the club’s claims that there were difficulties involving computer servers used in the transaction between Tottenham and Real, the Premier League sanctioned the signing.