The Most Underrated Legend Ever Credited In The Revival of Manchester United As A Footballing Force.

Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona is a former professional footballer, often regarded as one of the greatest footballers of his generation, Cantona is credited as having played a key role in the revival of Manchester United as a footballing force in the 1990s and having an iconic status at the club.

In 2003, Cantona was voted as Manchester United’s greatest ever player by Inside United magazine. He was an inaugural inductee into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002. The museum states that “the enigmatic Frenchman was one of the Premier League’s most controversial players ever”. At the Premier League 10 Seasons Awards in 2003, he was voted the Overseas Player of the Decade. Cantona was inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame in 2021. In 2004, he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world’s greatest living players. 

Cantona began his football career with SO Caillolais, his local team and one that had produced such talent as Roger Jouve and had players such as Jean Tigana and Christophe Galtier within its ranks. Originally, Cantona began to follow in his father’s footsteps and often played as a goalkeeper, but his creative instincts began to take over and he would play up front more and more often. 

A large, physically strong, hard-working, and tenacious player, Cantona combined technical skill and creativity with power and goal scoring ability. Widely occupied as a deep–lying forward, he was also capable of playing as a centre – forward, as an out–and–out striker, as an attacking midfielder, or as a central midfielder on occasion. Olympique de Marseille haven’t been Ligue 1 Champion for 16 years. Eric Cantona came and won it in his first season. Leeds United haven’t won Premier League for 18 years. Eric Cantona came and won it. Manchester United haven’t won the EPL title for 26 years. Bought Eric Cantona and won 4 Premier League titles in 5 years.

Regarded as one of the best players of his generation, one of the greatest Premier League players of all time, and as one of France’s and Manchester United’s greatest players ever, Cantona is affectionately nicknamed by Manchester United fans as “King Eric”.

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