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By Joe Doyle<\/h3>\n

3 Jun 2011 17:15:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n
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EPL: Rafael Van der Vaart, Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal<\/p>\n

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Rafael van der Vaart<\/a> has said that after a successful first season in the Premier League<\/a> with Tottenham<\/a> he could not have seen it going as well as it did.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Dutch midfielder scored 15 goals in all competitions in addition to being one of seven nominees for the PFA Player of the Year award.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 28-year-old also hailed the Premier League as the biggest in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t really have imagined it would have gone as well as it did, I had a great season,\u201d he told the club\u2019s official website.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou have your ups and downs but at the end I scored 15 goals, the team played well and it was a great Champions League season.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOf course it\u2019s a pity that we didn\u2019t finish in the top four but we had a great season. So I\u2019m a happy man and it was a nice first year.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Premier League is the biggest in the world. Everybody in every country sees our games and that\u2019s a nice thing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs a player you want to show what you can do to the whole world so it has been an important move for me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Van der Vaart lost out on the PFA award to team-mate Gareth Bale and the Dutchman feels his colleague was a worthy winner of the award.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a great honour to be nominated,\u201d he said. \u201cFirst year and straight into the top seven names, I was really proud.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBut Gareth was great and he deserved to win it. He also had a great season.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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