Tottenham’s Rafael van der Vaart has been voted by Barclays Premier League managers as the best signing of the season.<\/p>\n
The Dutchman has been a revelation since Harry Redknapp brought him to England for \u20ac9 million on the last day of the summer window, scoring 12 goals and becoming Spurs\u2019 leading goalscorer.<\/p>\n
The former Real Madrid man won 80 per cent of the vote, beating Manchester City\u2019s David Silva and West Brom\u2019s Peter Odemwingie, who both picked up 7% each of the votes cast by members of the League Managers Association.<\/p>\n
The survey, answered by 15 of the 20 Premier League managers, also revealed that Lionel Messi is their dream signing. The Barcelona and Argentina star landed 46% of the vote, ahead of Wayne Rooney, Cesc Fabregas and Nemanja Vidic, who all claimed 14%.<\/p>\n
Gareth Bale and Steven Gerrard (both 6%) also featured on the list.<\/p>\n
Jack Wilshere\u2019s impressive form for Arsenal and England has not gone unnoticed by the country\u2019s top managers.<\/p>\n
The 19-year-old came out on top of the most impressive young English player category ahead of \u00a335m Liverpool striker Andy Carroll, on-loan Sunderland striker Danny Welbeck and Blackburn\u2019s Phil Jones.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Manchester United were backed by 80% to win the Premier League title this season, while manager Sir Alex Ferguson was voted as the greatest boss of all time, ahead of the likes of Jock Stein, Bob Paisley and Jose Mourinho.<\/p>\n
Manchester United\u2019s Ryan Giggs, who has scored in every Premier League season since its inception in 1992, was voted as the league’s greatest player ever ahead of former team-mate Eric Cantona, Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry and Steven Gerrard.<\/p>\n
Ian Holloway\u2019s Blackpool have been a breath of fresh air in their first season in the league and they were recognised as the team of the season so far.<\/p>\n
Remarkably, tactical know-how received no votes at all when the managers were asked what the most important prerequisite to being a successful boss was. Man management came out top with 53% of the vote.
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Also part of the survey was a more light-hearted question on what the Premier League managers would most like to have been had they not made their grade in the beautiful game, with a varied and amusing array of answers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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