Saying Eric Cantona is a controversial figure is not news – he’s been like that for decades.And putting an end to his playing career obviously didn’t affect the colourful Frenchman, who remained the same. Stubborn, witty and a true maverick in a nutshell.🇫🇷 🅔🅡🅘🅒 🅒🅐🅝🅣🅞🅝🅐 🇫🇷pic.twitter.com/fsBeQNWJ2r— 𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙖 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙨 – aka Larry 🇺🇦 (@Cantona_Collars) September 25, 2022 That’s why we’re not surprised to hear of another of his ludicrous actions, this time revealed by his own in an interview for The Athletic.King Eric claims he suggested Manchester United boardroom to make some changes in the club’s hierarchy and introduce the position of President of Football.”Last year, I proposed to the club to change their way,” Cantona said, explaining how he met up with the club’s former executive vice-chairman before he left his post at the end of 2021.Emirates Stadium, Allianz Arena…Eric Cantona says the day Manchester United rename Old Trafford is the day he falls out of love with football. #MUFCThe Cantona Interview. Exclusive by @AdamCrafton_— The Athletic UK (@TheAthleticUK) September 26, 2022 Cantona added: “Ed Woodward is great at marketing but not great at football. United should have a chairman and then they should have a president of marketing and then a president of football, who is in charge of all the decisions in football. So I proposed to them that I should be president of football.”##EDITORS_CHOICE##Asked by The Athletic’s reporter if he’s being serious, the Frenchman is blatant as ever. “Yes. I met him a few times. But they did not accept it! I still think I or somebody else… they should have somebody for football. It should be somebody from the club, who knows football and the club.”Since Ferguson retired in 2013, the club doubled their revenue but didn’t win anything. So imagine if you succeed in football and also have great people in marketing, then instead of doubling the revenue, then you would treble it. But they do not understand that. The club spends a lot of money. But you have to spend it well.”Two legends Sir Alex Ferguson and Eric Cantona Good Night ManU fans 🔴⚪️⚫️ #ManU#ManchesterUnited#SirAlexFerguson#SirFergie#EricCantona pic.twitter.com/frSlpbft3m— SIR FERGIE (@SirFergieManU) September 23, 2022 Cantona’s former team-mate Gary Neville has said it is time for the Glazers to go.”Yes, maybe,” he said, hesitating slightly. “I thought about something also. This club has on social media hundreds of thousands of fans. If they create an application today saying that 50 per cent of the club can be sold, then why should you have one person or two people who invest £500million? Instead, you can have hundreds of millions of people who spend 10 euros, 20 euros, 100 euros, 1,000 euros, and 50 per cent of the club is owned by the real fans of Manchester United.”With social media now, you would do that like this.”But they did not want me to be the president of the club! They did not want me! And the fans have to know that I went and travelled to Manchester to give them the opportunity to succeed in the next decades. And they did not want it, “concluded Cantona.##NAJAVA_MECA_6667971##
