Hamburg manager Martin Jol has warned Manchester
United, Chelsea and Liverpool that Rafael van der Vaart wants to
stay at the club.
The Premier League trio have all been linked with the
talented midfielder after his displays at Euro 2008, while Real
Madrid and Barcelona are said to be monitoring the
situation.
Speaking in an interview with the club's official website, Jol
revealed that the Dutch international has no problems with playing
for the Rothosen, for the moment.
"Van der Vaart is a special case," Jol said.
"Zeljko Petrovic (Jol's assistant) has spoken to him on the
phone and he said once again that he would like to stay at
Hamburg.
"He loves Hamburg."
Jol did, however, leave the possibility open that the club might
be forced to sell the playmaker if a top Spanish club comes in for
the 25-year-old.
He added: "It could be that he would think about moving if a
club like Real Madrid or Barcelona makes an offer - that is what we
have learned from past experience."
Jol added that he hoped to promote a more attacking style of
football at the club next season.
"We have to start scoring goals from all sorts of positions," he
said.
"We only scored 40 goals last season and you don't usually
finish fourth with that sort of haul."