Ferguson Regrets Stam Sale
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Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has admitted that he regrets selling Dutch defender Jaap Stam.
Stam left United in 2001 amid a storm of controversy, having released his revelatory autobiography just months before.
In the book Stam claimed United had tapped him up prior to buying him form PSV and revealed insights from the club dressing room.
Many believed the book was the reason behind his departure, but Ferguson maintains that it was Stam’s inability to get over an injury that prompted the £16.5million move to Lazio.
The manager has revealed that although the money represented good business, it was a mistake to sell him in footballing terms.
"At the time he had just come back from an Achilles injury and we thought he had just lost a little bit," the Scot told an audience at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow.
"We got the offer from Lazio - £16.5million for a centre-back that was 29. It was an offer I couldn't refuse.
"But in playing terms it was a mistake. He is still playing for Ajax at a really good level." -
Yupe.
Stam is real GOOD.
Fearlessness. -
He's a man mountain!
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Ya! I'm still mad at Fergie for selling Stam without even finding an able replacement first. Blanc? What a laugh! He should be in the Old Folks' Home!
Cheers.
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Least we got Vidic now....if Fergie lost out on Vidic to Pool ill never forgive him
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well, at least SAF acknowledged the fact..Originally posted by CKeer:Ya! I'm still mad at Fergie for selling Stam without even finding an able replacement first. Blanc? What a laugh! He should be in the Old Folks' Home!
Cheers.
CK
and yes, what a stupid buy. -
Stam: Ferguson made big mistake
Former Manchester United defender Jaap Stam is pleased Sir Alex Ferguson admitted he made a mistake by selling the Dutchman in 2001.
"It is good that a man like Ferguson dares to admit that he makes mistakes," Stam told AD Sportwereld.
"It doesn't surprise me, though. I always knew for myself that United made an error by selling me.
"I know that this is the same feeling for many people around the club, from colleagues to fans.
"When I speak with people I hear they should never have let me go."
Many assumed his book was the reason behind his departure, a take on events that Stam is happy to subscribe to.
"Until that transfer I learned to know Ferguson as a man who thinks along fixed lines, who always handles interests of the club," Stam said.
"In the weeks surrounding my departure the relationship became difficult.
"My biography played a role for sure, because the club needed to sell it to the fans that I could leave Manchester United.
"That book became the stick to hit me with, you could say." -
ya since he is so good why did lazio juz win a coppa italia wif him? and he din win nothing with milan?
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hmm... SAF is old liao
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stam is dam good till date