𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲: 𝐉𝐚𝐚𝐩 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐦

In 1998 Jaap Stam became the most expensive defender in history of football when he joined Manchester United from PSV in 1998 for a world record fee of £10.6 million.. He went on to lift three Premier League titles under Sir Alex Ferguson.. He also help the team to win the Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup in 1999(Treble) but was sold to Lazio in 2001 for a reported fee of about £15.3 million..