Spurs exodus set to continue with £9.5m sale of Van der Vaart to Hamburg

On his way: Van der Vaart (right) could have played his last game for Spurs

Fans' favourite Rafael van der Vaart is on the verge of completing a return to former club Hamburg as Andre Villas-Boas continues his radical restructuring of Tottenham's squad.



The Spurs boss has already sanctioned the departures of six first-team players, with more set to follow Van der Vaart out of the exit door.



All that is left to be agreed to complete the deal is a transfer fee, with Spurs holding out for £9.5million, according to Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf.



Van der Vaart arrived at White Hart Lane two years ago in an £8m deal from Real Madrid and quickly achieved cult status, scoring valuable goals for the club in the Champions League and Premier League.



Recent arrival Gylfi Sigurdsson assumes the attacking midfield role in Villas-Boas' new-look side, and Van der Vaart had to make do with a place on the bench in last week's opening day defeat at Newcastle.



With the 100-cap Dutchman's first-team opportunities to continue to be limited this season, Spurs have decided to cash-in on the 29-year-old.



Van der Vaart played for Hamburg between 2005 and 2008, netting 48 goals in 112 appearances for the club.

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Sebastian Bassong, Vedran Corluka, Steven Pienaar, Niko Kranjcar, Ryan Nelsen and Louis Saha have already left White Hart Lane this summer, with Sigurdsson, Jan Vertonghen and Emmanuel Adebayor the only arrivals so far.



Tom Huddlestone, Michael Dawson, Heurelho Gomes, Jermaine Jenas and David Bentley also look set to leave the Lane before the close of the transfer window next week, allowing Villas-Boas room for manouevre in the transfer market.

