Before Eric Cantona moved to England with Leeds United, he had enjoyed a mixed career in France, one punctuated by controversy on and off the pitch
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Cantona has become an icon for France and England: a legend and a man whose genius, as both footballer and public philosopher, remains unquestioned
This feature is part of Virtuoso “Genius is digging yourself out of the hole in which you sometimes find yourself. It’s learning from your failures that makes you succeed.” Eric Cantona’s words…
Illustration by Dave Flanagan IT IS THE SUMMER OF 1978 in the baking heat of a Marseille suburb, and AS Caillolais are 1-0 down to title rivals Vivaux-Marronniers. Only a win will…
Part I: Eric Cantona: the early French years The making of Cantona the legend in England actually started with an ill-fated and short-lived spell at Sheffield Wednesday. Cantona didn’t feel right at Hillsborough and…