re: Tottenham Hotspur 2015-16 Season Long Thread | Don't Let Up!!

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Rafael van der Vaart has admitted his decision to quit Tottenham was "the most stupid in my career", and that boss Andre Villas-Boas was one of his reasons for leaving.

Van der Vaart spent two memorable years at White Hart Lane after signing from Real Madrid in a shock move in 2010.

"It was a little to do with everything," he told the Daily Mirror of his departure in 2012.

"It was private things, but also when what's his name [Villas-Boas] came and said to me 'you're not my number one' and I had played two years, unbelievable. So for me it was really strange that he said that to me. So then I said, 'well, it's better to leave' and that is what happened.

"It was a stupid decision, the most stupid in my career to leave Tottenham. I absolutely regret it because it was the best two years in my football life."

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