Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at 8:28 PM• Jeroen van Poppel • Last update: 20:31

Rafael van der Vaart works as an analyst on Tuesday evening Ziggo Sportbut decided to break into competitor’s studio ahead of the Champions League match between Internazionale and AC Milan RTL 7. Van der Vaart came there to congratulate Feyenoord icon Jan Boskamp on the championship. “Get out! Send him away dude, that guy!” Boskamp initially said jokingly when Van der Vaart entered the studio.

“I’ll be there soon Ziggo and I just saw you,” said Van der Vaart, who visited Boskamp. “As an Ajax player, I want to congratulate you. Well deserved.” This was followed by a warm embrace between the former midfielders. “You have four buckets full of crying next door, I heard”, Boskamp said with a witticism. Van der Vaart even received a shirt from Feyenoord. “Of course I can’t wear that,” he winked.

Van der Vaart maintained for a long time this season that Ajax would become champion. “Of course I’ve always said: Feyenoord doesn’t stand a chance, but it was so deserved… I saw the ceremony. Even I had goosebumps. That’s why I thought: I’ll just pop in quickly, haha.Boskamp could appreciate that in the end. “Class, mate”, said the former Feyeno player with a big smile.

Presenter Humberto Tan enjoyed the get-together. “It’s all just collegial, if only it was like that in football,” said Tan. “Actually, that is also the case, because players among themselves, that goes fine”, responded Theo Janssen, when Van der Vaart had already left. “After games chatting and so on. It’s war on the field, fine, but off the field it usually goes well. The higher you play, the more you see it. The real top players know: you need each other.”