By Carla Hilton Last updated: 2nd August 2007
Schuster wants van der Vaart
Real Madrid boss Bernd Schuster has expressed his interest in bringing Rafael van der Vaart to the club in the near future.
The Hamburg playmaker has been in impressive form since joining the club in 2005 and has since caught the eye of Schuster who believes the 24-year-old would be an excellent addition to his squad.
Schuster told Kicker: "He is a very interesting player who is on my list.
"We know all about Van der Vaart's ability. The fact is, if we want Van der Vaart then we will get him," he added in an interview with Hamburger Morgenpost.
Van der Vaart himself has expressed on a number of occasions his desire to play in the Primera Division and Hamburg could find it hard to turn down a large offer from the Spanish giants.

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| German Bundesliga | |
| 16:30 | Hamburg vs VfL Bochum |
| Saturday 28th November | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| 14:30 | Mainz vs Hamburg |
| Wednesday 2nd December | |
| Europa League | |
| 20:05 | Hamburg vs Rapid Vienna |
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| German Bundesliga | |
| 14:30 | Hamburg vs TSG Hoffenheim |
| Saturday 12th December | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| 14:30 | Nurnberg vs Hamburg |
| Thursday 17th December | |
| Europa League | |
| 18:00 | Hapoel Tel-Aviv vs Hamburg |
| Saturday 19th December | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| 14:30 | Hamburg vs Werder Bremen |
| Saturday 16th January | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| 14:30 | Hamburg vs SC Freiburg |
| Saturday 23rd January | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| 14:30 | Borussia Dortmund vs Hamburg |
| Saturday 30th January | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| 14:30 | Hamburg vs Wolfsburg |
| Saturday 6th February | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| 14:30 | Cologne vs Hamburg |
| Saturday 13th February | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| 14:30 | VfB Stuttgart vs Hamburg |
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|---|---|
| Sunday 8th November | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| Hannover 96 2 - 2 Hamburg | |
| Thursday 5th November | |
| Europa League | |
| Hamburg 0 - 0 Celtic | |
| Saturday 31st October | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| Hamburg 2 - 3 Borussia M'gladbach | |
| Sunday 25th October | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| Schalke 04 3 - 3 Hamburg | |
| Thursday 22nd October | |
| Europa League | |
| Celtic 0 - 1 Hamburg | |
| Saturday 17th October | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| Hamburg 0 - 0 Bayer Leverkusen | |
| Sunday 4th October | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| Hertha Berlin 1 - 3 Hamburg | |
| Thursday 1st October | |
| Europa League | |
| Hamburg 4 - 2 Hapoel Tel-Aviv | |
| Saturday 26th September | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| Hamburg 1 - 0 Bayern Munich | |
| Sunday 20th September | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| Eintracht Frankfurt 1 - 1 Hamburg | |
| Thursday 17th September | |
| Europa League | |
| Rapid Vienna 3 - 0 Hamburg | |
| Saturday 12th September | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| Hamburg 3 - 1 VfB Stuttgart | |
| Sunday 30th August | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| Hamburg 3 - 1 Cologne | |
| Thursday 27th August | |
| Europa League Qualifying | |
| Hamburg 3 - 1 Guingamp | |
| Sunday 23rd August | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| Wolfsburg 2 - 4 Hamburg | |
| Thursday 20th August | |
| Europa League Qualifying | |
| Guingamp 1 - 5 Hamburg | |
| Saturday 15th August | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| Hamburg 4 - 1 Borussia Dortmund | |
| Sunday 9th August | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| SC Freiburg 1 - 1 Hamburg | |
| Thursday 6th August | |
| Europa League Qualifying | |
| Hamburg 0 - 1 Randers FC | |
| Thursday 30th July | |
| Europa League Qualifying | |
| Randers FC 0 - 4 Hamburg | |
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| 2 | Werder Bremen | 12 | 23 |
| 3 | Hamburg | 12 | 23 |
| 4 | Schalke | 12 | 22 |
| 5 | Wolfsburg | 12 | 21 |
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