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Stam keen for Sir Alex chat
- Updated: December 7, 2016
Jaap Stam says it would be “nice” to talk to former Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson ahead of a return to Old Trafford in the FA Cup next month.
The Dutchman will take his Reading side to face United in the third round of the competition at the start of January which means going back to the club where he won three Premier League titles and was a member of the side which won the treble in 1999.
Stam took over at the Madejski Stadium in the summer after coaching spells with Zwolle and Ajax, leading Reading to third in the Sky Bet Championship, and he says it would be good to speak with Ferguson now that he is a manager in his own right.
“I haven’t heard from Sir Alex since I came here but I do think it would be nice to talk to him,” Stam told the Daily Mail.
“Now, as a manager, I think of the way he spoke to the group, how he affected the team at certain moments.”
Stam joined Lazio in 2001 before …
