Eric Cantona
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Oct 27, 2026
Andy MittenPANELIST
That was held back in reserve in case Manchester United were not winning the game.
Andy MittenPANELIST
And then you've got these figures of Robson and Keane and Cantona.
Andy MittenPANELIST
And that's not the weight of the club's history, which we should be proud of, crashing down on the younger players or the newer players.
Andy MittenPANELIST
And it's not their fault that they're not as good as these legends of old because they were some of the best players in the world.
Andy MittenPANELIST
And even Brian Robson was the most expensive player in Britain when he joined Manchester United, even though the team wasn't as successful as the ones Cantona and Keane played under.
Andy MittenPANELIST
And I'm sure there's times where the current players are like, oh no, not more legends telling us how great everything was.
Andy MittenPANELIST
And there's so much of that about.
IanAUDIENCE
Yeah, 66 was the greatest year for English football.
IanAUDIENCE
Eric Cantona was born.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
That's not a bad one.
IanAUDIENCE
Anyway, I'll get on to the
Tim VickeryPANELIST
If we can take it back
Dotun AdebayoHOST
to 1966 though, Ian, the greatest year for English football.
Dotun AdebayoHOST
If Eric Cantona was still in the team, you know, if he was in the team, a youthful Eric Cantona, let's say, could he sort out the problem that is Manchester United right now?
IanAUDIENCE
I don't think Manchester United would be in a problem if Eric Cantona was in.
KwakuGUEST
that.
Jamie CarragherHOST
I'm thinking Cantona lifting the collar up and that.
Jamie CarragherHOST
So where are we going with? It's got to go in the middle.
Jamie CarragherHOST
In
Michael OwenGUEST
And you would never have got in the team just being a runner back in the day.
Michael OwenGUEST
But likewise, some of the great players back in our days you know, will those players play now? You know, the Cantona's, the Leticia's, the people that don't do the hard yards, but had genius qualities, you know, Bergkamp's and Zola's and all those great players.
Michael OwenGUEST
They didn't, yeah, but they wouldn't have the running stats nowadays.
Michael OwenGUEST
And I just, you know, they were the people that you pay to go and watch.
Frank LeboeufPANELIST
No, but you know what, to underline what just Jan said, and I'm not going to sing the song, of course, I really think that there will be maybe two or three people in the world capable of maybe changing the mentality of those players.
Frank LeboeufPANELIST
It could be, I don't know, maybe Sir Alex Ferguson coming back, or maybe Ancelotti leaving Brazil and coming to Manchester United, because they would maybe listen to him, or maybe, as a big surprise, the King Eric Cantona coming.
Frank LeboeufPANELIST
But Frank, you know that's not going to
Kay MurrayHOST
happen.
Ken EarlyHOST
He
Eoin McDevittHOST
was just short of unfurling that banner himself that appeared in the Stratford End yesterday with Keane, Cantona and Robson and the word standards.
Ken EarlyHOST
Yeah, I mean, that was the fans, but I mean, this was fan service from Carrick, right, I felt.
Ken EarlyHOST
Like, I mean, fan service and himself service, I suppose, because obviously he's part of that grand tradition of United, the successful tradition, you know, when the club had standards, you know, when they did have great players.
Ken EarlyHOST
Now, 2015, of course, is the year when Man United last had a run of results as bad as they've just had under Michael Carrick.
Ken EarlyHOST
But, you know, it's just a bit like, let's not airbrush the past here.
Ken EarlyHOST
You know, like, what are the players, the current players, really supposed to make of that banner? Like Keane, Robson, Cantona.
Ken EarlyHOST
Behold, the Giants.
MikeHOST
It's sometimes good because you can...
MikeHOST
You know, Eric Cantona was not a humble man.
MikeHOST
But he had...
MikeHOST
Yeah, exactly.
Michael OwenGUEST
You see greater goals and just genius players like...
Michael OwenGUEST
Someone like Cantona or Letizia that basically doesn't even, I don't, I wouldn't have thought they'd cover much more than
Zac DjellabHOST
6,000
Michael OwenGUEST
kilometers in a game.
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Michael OwenGUEST
Better quality in terms of, you know, the ability of a player? No, no, it's not.
Michael OwenGUEST
I've got no evidence to say that, but it can't.
Michael OwenGUEST
No, my eyes would suggest that the likes of, as I've mentioned before, great talents like the Cantona's and the Zolas and Bergkamp and Letizia and sort of those great generation of players I don't think I don't think there is as many of them about and certainly centre forwards I still think centre forwards are great nowadays I still think Haaland could mix it easily with the greats of 20 years ago is he better than Henry or not it's like it's a good debate But I think not.
Michael OwenGUEST
I think Henry's the best Premier League player that I've ever seen.
AliGUEST
Frank Stapleton.
AliGUEST
And then, of course, as the years went on, you had the class of 92, including Eric Cantona.
AliGUEST
And they would literally drive down our road.
AliGUEST
And then you just go and see them training.
Simon DaviesHOST
His great captain, Roy Keane, even.
Simon DaviesHOST
But someone like Eric Cantona, you hear tales of him, you'd almost treat him differently because he felt that he needed to be treated differently.
Simon DaviesHOST
So it's that fine line, isn't it, of... recognising who your creative and talented players are, but at the same time still have that authority to say you can only go so far?
Nathan BlakeGUEST
Yeah, everyone's individual, do you know what I mean?
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