"?Former Manchester United defender and now manager of Reading, Jaap Stam has reminisced about his exit from Old Trafford, after Sir Alex Ferguson decided to sell the Dutchman.
Stam is set to return to his old stomping ground with the Royals, in the 3rd round of the Emirates FA Cup next weekend and Stam spoke to "?the Sun ahead of a potential meetup with his old boss.
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"Well, of course it was a mistake! I'm not going to deny that. I knew myself how I felt as a player at the time. And at that time you're not happy with it. But you know as well when you go into management that sometimes you have to make certain decisions.
"It happened and you have to go on with your life and you try to succeed somewhere else. And eventually in football you always meet each other somewhere. There are a lot of clubs but it's a very small world.
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Nonsense - In his biography, Stam bubbled Fergie for tapping him up.
"He had the confidence in me to take me over and let me play and I've learned from him as a manager as well now. I'd have loved to spend a couple of years extra over there, but that's how it was."
Stam will be hoping for an FA Cup upset over the Red Devils, in what would be a perfect return to the Theatre of Dreams for the former Lazio and AC Milan centre back.
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