Jaap Stam sheds more light on what life was like under Alex Ferguson in autobiography
It's not one of the most celebrated, but Jaap Stam’s autobiography is one of the best of the Premier League era.
The Dutchman’s book sheds more light on what life was like under Alex Ferguson than any of those by the Scot, or Roy Keane, or anyone else.
One of the most memorable passages concerns the Neville brothers, Gary and Phil.
The Dutchman wrote of how the Nevilles were regarded as whingers in the United dressing-room and branded as ‘busy c****’ by their teammates.
Gary Neville was never slow about coming forward.
He’s now basking in the glow of being painted as a 21st century Che Guevara.
The man who stood up for the little people and stopped the European Super League. If you believe that
Neville has a habit of getting in the thick of it.
One of the strangest threatened strikes in sport was that involving the England footballers before a European Championship qualifier with Turkey in
The players - spearheaded by a senior committee of David Beckham, Michael Owen, Sol Campbell with Neville to the fore-voted for strike action over Rio Ferdinand’s omission from the squad due t
&#;JAAP STAM WAS THE ONE. Without a question, I made a mistake there.&#; The words of Sir Alex Ferguson ring true, years after selling star defender Jaap Stam to the surprise of many in following a hugely successful but all-too-brief period at Old Trafford. Some suggest Ferguson was apparently upset at the revelations in Stam’s autobiography which revealed details and inner secrets of the defender&#;s move to Manchester from PSV Eindhoven, where he claimed the Scot tapped him up.
Sir Alex, however, felt the money on offer from Lazio for the player who had had a serious injury was just too much to resist. &#;He&#;d been out for months and, when he came back, Steve McClaren and I thought he had lost a yard of pace. We played Fulham and he didn&#;t have a good game, and at that moment Lazio come in and offer £m. So then Jaap goes to Lazio and he played fantastic. So it was a bad decision. I should maybe have waited a bit longer.&#;
Stam, like Ferguson, disputes the book was to blame. He feels it was due to the club&#;s need to offload a player, and having just signed a new five-year deal, he was a valuable asset. He had just returned from a serious injury and, approaching 30,
Jaap Stam claims release of autobiography was used as excuse for Manchester United to get rid of him - after book implied Sir Alex Ferguson tapped him up from PSV
Jaap Stam's infamously acrimonious departure from Manchester United was not all it appeared according to the former central defender.
Stam was shipped out of Old Trafford after his controversial book 'Head to Head' suggested Sir Alex Ferguson had tapped him up without the permission of PSV.
It caused a huge furore at the time and the rock at the heart of United's defence was abruptly sold to Lazio in
Jaap Stam reflected that Mamchester United saw his book as an opportunity to sell him
The former central defender left Manchester United at the start of the /02 season
But Stam believes that the fallout was overplayed in the media and subsequently used by the club to suit their own agenda.
'At the time they [United] used it,' Stam said on the Sky Sports Transfer Talk podcast. 'It was hard from out of the blue to say 'okay we're going to sell Jaap' without any reason.
'It was quite convenient maybe that the book was there at that time. I think it is better to just be straightforward in how it is.'
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Jaap Stam opens up on Man Utd exit after bust-up with Sir Alex Ferguson
The Dutch centre-back surprisingly left the club to join Lazio in after Ferguson was angered by an autobiography Stam brought out
SOLSKJAER CONFIDENT OF ,SUCCESSFUL, END TO SEASONFormer Manchester United defender Jaap Stam has lifted the lid on his shock exit from the club in and says he was told the news that he had been sold at a petrol station.
Stam won three Premier League titles, a Champions League and an FA Cup during his time at Old Trafford, and was considered a hugely important part of Sir Alex Ferguson's side.
But the legendary manager reacted angrily when Stam's Head To Head autobiography was published and decided to sell the player to Lazio.
Speaking to Four Four Two, Stam recalled the moment he learned he was no longer a United player.
On the topic of his book, Stam said: "Initially, Ferguson had told me not to worry about it, but on Wednesday – the morning of the match – I was informed that I should report for t
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