Hossam Ghaly has thanked his former club and said that they taught him much in his two and a half seasons which will help him in the Premiership.

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Ghaly played over two seasons with Feyenoord...

"I am grateful to Feyenoord. I have gotten the chance to learn European football here and as a result I can now take this step," said Ghaly to Feyenoord's official website following his move to Tottenham Hotspur.

"I didn't have one specific club on my mind, but it seemed great for me to play in the Premier League. That I can now play for such a great team gives a great feeling," he added.

Showing a mature attitude he praised his former coaches, all of which criticised him at one stage or another. "I have learnt a lot here, first from van Marwijk, then Gullit and the last months from Koeman. Sometimes I thought that trainers were picking on me too much; I wasn't used to that from my culture. By now I respect it and understand that they do that to make me better."
Summing his time in Rotterdam up, he commented, "My time here was to learn, but I would have loved to win something.