The Telegraph takes a break from the usual fuss over Premier League and World Cup affairs to examine the coaching career of a certain Dutch defender by the name of Jaap Stam. Oliver Brown discovers the former Manchester United and AC Milan defender enjoying life in the dugout.

"The flustered Telstar press man mutters: “Please, don’t try to talk to him.” Stam may have lost the vein-bulging intimidation of his Manchester United days, and that a photographer captured famously in an image of him marmalising referee Andy D’Urso, but at 37 he retains the capacity for striking mortal fear into anyone within 100 yards.

Conversely, he has also learnt how not to be too conspicuous. Smouldering in the Zwolle dugout, he leaves all the direct orders to Claus Boekweg, the first-team coach, restricting his contribution to bear-hugs and backslaps after a 3-2 away win. Zwolle have won more by virtue of the crunching brutality that was Stam’s trademark as a centre-back than of any subtle skills, but he is exultant.

“I’m proud of these guys,” he shouts. “You play after an incredible penalty and red card, and still win? Lovely, right? Of course there was some contact, but there is always a penalty area. It’s not futsal!” "

Back to the usual Premier League discussions and Simon Cass at the Mail was impressed by the performance of Arsenal's Welsh teenage sensation Aaron Ramsey on Wednesday night. Cass assesses the youngster's chances of making the grade and breaking into the Gunners' first-team, rating them as pretty high.

"The pace is starting to quicken for teenage sensation Aaron Ramsey as he continues along Arsenal's tried and tested youth development path. From Carling Cup action, through Champions League cameos to occasional Barclays Premier League appearances, Ramsey's progression has thus far been slow and steady.

The spotlight is on Ramsey, given his already enormous potential, the battle for his signature and the £4.8million Arsenal paid Cardiff for his services. That Wenger, during the European Championship, flew Ramsey and family out to Switzerland on a private jet to perform the final stage of the hard sell is a tangible sign of just how determined the Arsenal manager was to keep the then 17-year-old out of the clutches of Manchester United.

Such determination may explain why many felt Ramsey would simply explode upon the scene at the Emirates rather than, as he has, gradually ease his way into Wenger's thinking. But the time is fast approaching for Ramsey when his prodigious talent will become difficult for Arsene Wenger to ignore, just as was the case with a certain Cesc Fabregas."