Eric Cantona
Eric Cantona
Éric Daniel Pierre Cantonais a French actor and former international footballer for the French national team. He played for Auxerre, Martigues, Marseille, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Nîmes and Leeds United before ending his career at Manchester United where he won four Premier League titles in five years and two League and FA Cup Doubles...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth24 May 1966
CityMarseille, France
CountryFrance
Not really. I watched some Chelsea games and I don't really like the way they play.
I would like to compare football and cinema. I think it's very similar. It's two games... different games. You have to work very hard and find the confidence to enjoy it on the pitch or in the film.
I think life is a big game we play.
I don't need to be involved with a game watched by millions of people to be fulfilled.
I started beach football in Monte Carlo when I retired from football in 1997. I liked the game very much.
Ferguson, as a manager, and Ken, as a director, are very similar. One's a great manager, the other a great director, but both have a lot of humanity and a lot of humility. They always give you the energy... with Ferguson when we played a game it was like it was his first game - he's so passionate and gives you ambition every time. And Ken works the same way - they're very similar.
The real fans of football come from the working class. Now they cannot afford to come and watch the game.
My best moment? I have a lot of good moments but the one I prefer it when I kicked the hooligan.
Fowler was so good at 18, and four, five years later, at 23 or 24, finished, not even for England, not even for the best teams. Finished. Completely. Out. Why?
When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown in to the sea.
You retire, but you're still aching to play. But in order to play, you have to resist certain temptations, and train hard. And I just didn't have the desire to do that any more.
This is quite an elitist film and I'm not sure that every Manchester United fan would like it. It's not an action movie that you might go to to relax.
I love Rooney as a player. But I am a bit worried. Rooney can become the best player in the world at 25, 26, if he knows that in football you need to be strong, train hard, go to bed early, be careful what you are eating, what you are drinking, what you do in life.
I don't think the world of football is so serious. It's important to have distance about things and about yourself. If we believe we are kings or gods, we become crazy. We all know it's a game and we all enjoy it together.