{"id":382299,"date":"2011-04-19T19:04:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T19:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/19\/tottenham-midfielder-rafael-van-der-vaart-opponents-are-scared-of-facing-gareth-bale\/"},"modified":"2011-04-19T19:04:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-19T19:04:00","slug":"tottenham-midfielder-rafael-van-der-vaart-opponents-are-scared-of-facing-gareth-bale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/19\/tottenham-midfielder-rafael-van-der-vaart-opponents-are-scared-of-facing-gareth-bale\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham midfielder Rafael van der Vaart: Opponents are scared of facing Gareth Bale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Ryan Benson<\/h3>\n<h4>19 Apr 2011 20:04:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"65.19464145\">\n<div readability=\"12.8736263736\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gareth Bale, Tottenham Hotspur\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/65401fcc127950_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gareth Bale, Tottenham Hotspur<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"10.2321116928\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/105\/tottenham\">Tottenham<\/a> midfielder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/netherlands\/2253\/rafael-van-der-vaart\">Rafael van der Vaart<\/a> has heaped praise on team-mate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/wales\/13913\/gareth-bale\">Gareth Bale<\/a> after the Wales international was named PFA Player of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Bale has been in good form for the majority of the season for Spurs and was the favourite for the award.<\/p>\n<p>The winger has missed most of the last two months through injury, but Van der Vaart still feels the Welshman was the player deserved the award after being a key player for Spurs this season.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <em>talkSPORT<\/em>, the World Cup finalist said: &#8220;Bale deserved the PFA award. He\u2019s a great guy and I was really proud of him.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;He\u2019s strong, fast, one of our best players this season and it\u2019s always good when he\u2019s on the pitch because the opposition are always a bit scared of playing against him.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The PFA awards have once again drawn a lot of criticism due to the time of year the votes are conducted, with many believing the players should vote in May, at the end of the season, rather than in March.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/65401fcc127950_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/19\/2449020\/tottenham-midfielder-rafael-van-der-vaart-opponents-are\" title=\"Tottenham midfielder Rafael van der Vaart: Opponents are scared of facing Gareth Bale\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tottenham midfielder Rafael van der Vaart: Opponents are scared of facing Gareth Bale<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Ryan Benson 19 Apr 2011 20:04:00 Gareth Bale, Tottenham Hotspur Related Links Teams Players Tottenham midfielder Rafael van der Vaart has heaped praise on team-mate Gareth Bale after the Wales international was named PFA Player of the Year. Bale has been in good form for the majority of the season for Spurs and was the favourite for the award. The winger has missed most of the last two months through injury, but Van der Vaart still feels the Welshman was the player deserved the award after being a key player for Spurs this season. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-382299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tottenham midfielder Rafael van der Vaart: Opponents are scared of facing Gareth Bale - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/19\/tottenham-midfielder-rafael-van-der-vaart-opponents-are-scared-of-facing-gareth-bale\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Tottenham midfielder Rafael van der Vaart: Opponents are scared of facing Gareth Bale - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Ryan Benson 19 Apr 2011 20:04:00 Gareth Bale, Tottenham Hotspur Related Links Teams Players Tottenham midfielder Rafael van der Vaart has heaped praise on team-mate Gareth Bale after the Wales international was named PFA Player of the Year. 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