at the start of the 98 season the emblematic briyan mcclire Gary palister and especially King Eric Cantona left Manchester the club is now banking on all the young youngsters trained at home but also obviously on a few recruits among them we find a certain yapstam who arrived from the PS vendoven against 12 million euros which made him at the time the most expensive defender in the world the pressure perhaps yes yapstam is of course expected by the supporters and what could be better than a little derby against Liverpool to test this big guy of 1. 90 in front of him Michael Owen 19 years old the English revelation of recent months who will completely disappear in the face of the intensity proposed by the Dutch for 90 minutes the terrifying yapstam leaves absolutely nothing happens he throws himself into the duels jumps higher than everyone with big calabash blows which clearly make you not want to go back and on top of that he restarts rather well in short ultraf is already conquered and that's only the beginning here is the story of the great yapstam the one we soberly nicknamed the rock of compampen but also less soberly the Destroyer [Music] Dutch yapstam is scary we are not going to lie to ourselves and argue during a whole match it must not have been very very practical but you know on the other hand what is really practical is the new version of Opera our partner for this video the browser offers you its new update with first of all this even easier access to music with Opera thanks to the integrated icon on the side menu that you can move absolutely anywhere Opera also has Aria accessible with this lia keyboard shortcut which will help you with all your daily questions for all your questions about yapstam and which can also generate images for you according to your request here for example the Ajax stadium the Johan cruf Arena generated with Arya Opera aims to be efficient, pleasant ergonomic and above all as simple as possible when it comes to organizing 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point that the big clubs are coming to the news psvendoven has been on the case for a few months and decides to bring him home in January just to launch this young Golgo for good because yes a defender who is 1 M91 for 90 kg who moves like that and who can score this kind of goal is rather impressive Stam will quickly become essential and even then the word is weak in 97 the psvendoven wins its first championship title since 92 with by far the best defense in the championship as a result while the reward is often reserved for all offensive positions the title of best player of rodivisie is awarded to yapstam the defensive boss of PSV add to all this a Dutch Cup won with the added bonus of twice the Supercup and you have a pal which is starting to become a little nice obviously his talent does not leave the Dutch Federation indifferent etstam also settles into the selection quiet serene semi-finalist during the World Cup 98ré all this happens sometimes that yapstam is quite clumsy not always very concentrated perhaps too calm as we can see in this match against Ajax in 98 during the final of the Yapstam Cup alternates the good and the not good at all he is pushed around by the attackers final score 5-0 for Ajax for his last match with PSV we could not imagine a worse scenario however the Manchester recruiters are convinced of this, they have here the perfect replacement for Gary Palister, a big, strong, dominant man, there is the ideal recruit in fact well before this match against Ajax, the Reds have already offered in April almost 12 million of euros to secure the services of the defender offer accepted by PSV I said at the start of the video at the time he was therefore the most expensive defender in the [Music] world arrived England will move to a completely different dimension he arrives in an ultra dominant team for several years Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester has won four consecutive championships but has just had the spotlight stolen by the Arsenal Gunners the kind of thing that did not please the team at all Scottish coach Yapstam arrives in there to try to find a place and we saw it against Liverpool let's say that it worked rather well quickly the Dutchman becomes the key to the Mancunian defense he is one of the players most used by Sir Alex despite it must be say a Manchester defense sometimes a little crumbly good in any case his teammates are delighted with the arrival of St in the squad his impact on the field his impressive physique and his permanent dedication to the Manchester club the Dutchman makes clearly the unanimity is learning English football is going rather well United supporters appreciate this player who fits perfectly with the identity of the club in Manchester yapstam also crosses paths with dunc Ferguson for those who don't know this is the specimen that [Applause] it was a real old-fashioned duel between these two with respect class and courtesy as much to tell you that with Rin recovering and yapstam not very far behind there were a few attackers who had to sweat very hard before moving at ultraf [Music] moreover when Roy Kin is started by via Stam is never very far behind to defend his teammate little choke hold that's nothing very very bad more seriously the speed the anticipation the impact is nothing there flexibility of yapstam also impresses we are on an elite defender who does more than the job in Manchester moreover the Red devels will have a great little season 99 with the first ramen at home the England Cup won and then a nothing else very important a small League of [Applause] Champions the famous May 26, 99 the evening when Manchester 1 10th minute overturned the match against Bayern in the space of a few moments and offered Yapstam the greatest title of his career Yap is clearly at at the top of his form he was named by UEFA as the best defender in Europe and finished 12th in the Ballon d'Or rankings the advent of a feared respected defender who became the cornerstone of the Sir Alex's defensive system a stopping machine which is not going to stop there in 2000 and in 2001 United are champions of England yapstam is once again rewarded by UEFA as being the best European defender [Applause] in Ilstam fact it was clearly Nemania Vidic before Neman Vidic they were both tough guys and commitment maniacs an ordeal when you had them in the marking even if Vidic was perhaps a bit smarter than Stam while the Dutchman was perhaps a little faster both also had their favorite opponent Vidic was often ruthless against Drgba while Stam made life an ordeal to be overcome during almost their entire confrontation the two were roughly the same size even if for the rest it's quite complicated to compare two eras with all the different teammates around the only thing we can say is that Vidic remained longer because for Stam in 2001 it was already the end of the adventure and then you will tell me but why yapstam Did he only stay 3 years in Manchester when he seemed to be monstrous at the top of his form at the simply peak of his career in 2001 to everyone's surprise Manchester United announces the departure of yapstam one of the pillars of the effective when there are not 30,000 solutions apart from him behind this is precisely where the story becomes interesting [Music] [Music] in fact in 2001 the defender did not have much played because of a nasty injury to the ACh tendon and his return at the end of the season did not really reassure Alex, the Scottish coach therefore puts forward sporting interest and financial interest to explain the player's departure but some rather think that Ferguson did not at all appreciate certain passages of the autobiography written by the Dutchman in this one he says for example that Ferguson had approached him at PSV without the agreement of the club and took the opportunity to criticize a few teammates Stam stretched the stick a little to suddenly being beaten in 2001 laadio took advantage of the situation and offered Manchester more than 20 million euros the offer was accepted at the time Manchester and especially Sir Alex had the impression that it was a but with the time the speech has changed a little [Music] REC Laurent Blanc 36 years old the club wins nothing finishes 3rd in the Premier League with only the 6th best defense in the championship if for the English club the transfer is not really a success apart from the financial aspect for the Dutch defender it will also be a bit of a soup to grimace the collective results are mixed Stam will especially be suspended after a positive test for nandrolon an anabolic steroid banned by the anti-opage commission after a few weeks of stop the Dutchman is going to start again with a vengeance with in particular this incredible bloodshed against the Ankona club there I think we can say it yapstam has perhaps gone a little far this somewhat borderline behavior which fits completely with the character and his face, it must be said, is terrifying. Stam will maintain it brilliantly by accumulating confusions, mayhem, the beginnings of fights and so on .
of Euro 2000 the Dutchman won a duel against Yan CER who for appeal he measures 2. 03 and ends up with his arch in blood forced to be treated on the bench Stam does not move an inch eyelash he is totally invulnerable to pain he is calm as if nothing was happening here he is back ready to return to combat in any case in Italy the adventure is not going very well and after 3 years at Lazio he joins the Milanese Rossonerie Armada AC Milan is the ideal club to get back on track good good yapstam is already 32 years old he has some problems with his ankle but that doesn't stop him from winning his starting place at the end of the season to compete in the Champions League holder against Manchester United for the starting reunion against Inter Milan against PSV and especially against Liverpool in the final he is part of this magnificent but of this aging Milanese defense with Maldini 36 years old Nesta 29 Cafu 35 and Stam 32 the Rossoneri rearguard will sink in the 2nd half and AC Milan, although well ahead at the break, will lose on shooting [Music] goal the Dutchman almost won a second Cup with big ears he still has a good level in Milan in the duels in the antip in the fight Stam is older but Stam is still very valiant after a last season in Milan marked by a good defensive assist the Dutchman leaves Italy and returns to the country to Ajax to finish his career there quietly finally quietly yes and no there are still two three very well supported intervention but that well we will never change in October 2007 this time it's the right one yapstam ends for good his career after roughly 13 14 years playing at the highest level what more can we say about yapstam whose career was not as good dense than many other players like Nemania Vidic before him the Dutch defender has around 600 matches played in his career it's a lot but it's not huge compared to other legends of his time there is still a small something I forgot during Euro 2000 when he is considered by UEFA as the best defender on the continent Stam missed a shot on goal, one that should not be missed against Italy in the semi-finals.
