As I´m a member of the Scandinavian Branch I recieve 8 magazines each year. In the first one this year they had included a Cantona-special. I thought I´d share a few quotes with you lot.
Fergie:
"Some books say we paid a million, others say 1,2 million. The truth is we paid 950 000 pounds for Eric and I will probably never do a bargain like that again"
" I immediately saw that Eric had come to the right club. We watched him in training and the quality was there for everyone to see. We trained at Littleton Road that day and afterwards the players headed home but not Eric. He asked me if he could lend some youngsters and a keeper to practice finishing. I watched hime time after time for about 40 minutes. After that day Eric wasn´t alone practising after training. He sat the excample and the others followed"
" The only time I was a bit dissapointed in him was the night at SP. I constantly told him to keep his calm and not get provoked during the first half cause he was getting kicked all over the place by Richard Shaw. I reminded him again during half-time but as everybody know it all went mad in the second half. Apart from that moment he was fantastic. He loved to train and really got on with the other players. I can´t say anything bad about that man"
" It would have worked out just fine for Gascoigne had he joined Manchester United. I would have seen to that. Sadly he went elsewhere"
" I spoke to Eric on a daily basis. I think I know my footballing history but so did Eric"
" Erics importance to this cub stretches not only to the five years he was here. It goes way beyond that"
" The way the FA handled the Cantona-issue was just disgusting"
Cantona:
"I love football. If it had been possible to play football and only football I would have been at MUFC for a longer time"
"United needed me and I needed United"
I love to play in Oles testimonial but only if they give me a 3-month advarsal. If they do that there is no stopping me for playin in his testamonial"
"I was wrong and deserved the penalty United gave me. Having said that I think the FA was wrong too"
Mr Ferguson helped me a lot. I think the team was good before I arrived but they needed something extra. I providid that. I needed the culture of Manchester United and I needed a manager like Mr Ferguson and it was the same way the other way around. We met at the excact right time"
"" The most difficult league-title was the first one. After that you grow in confidence and believe you can do it again"
"I always gave it a 100%. In my last season I didn´t recieve a booking and that tells you I had lost my passion for the game"
" I´d heard the same insults a million of times and not bothered. I don´t know why I reacted like I did at Selhurst Park"
" Mr Ferguson is the one reason I continued after SP"
"I will ONLY return as manager of Manchester United. If I go back there it will be as number one, not an assistant manager or youth coach. I think that if you start at the bottom you will stay at the bottom"
" It will be difficult for whoever takes charge of United after Mr Ferguson but I think Keano will be the right man to do it"
"To me Manchester United is two worlds. I love the footballing part. I think Glazer wanted to do more changes at United but Mr Ferguson kept things as it used to be. If there had been a weaker person than Mr Ferguson at United I think a lot more changes would have been done"
" The reason I played football was because I loved the game. If I had wanted money I could have continued my career. Money was not an issue"
" The fans helped us through difficult times. When you score, win a game or lift a trophy it is a big moment. A moment you love to share with the fans. I tried to help the fans living those moments. It´s wrong to get and not give. The fans gave me their support and therefore I thought it was important to give something back whether it was an autograph or a picture`"
" I love the Manchester United fans. They truly are the best in the world"
Me:
" Even though we got off to a not so good start we are still THE CHAMPIONS(Liverpool is not) and the red flag will forever fly. Keep the faith"
Fergie:
"Some books say we paid a million, others say 1,2 million. The truth is we paid 950 000 pounds for Eric and I will probably never do a bargain like that again"
" I immediately saw that Eric had come to the right club. We watched him in training and the quality was there for everyone to see. We trained at Littleton Road that day and afterwards the players headed home but not Eric. He asked me if he could lend some youngsters and a keeper to practice finishing. I watched hime time after time for about 40 minutes. After that day Eric wasn´t alone practising after training. He sat the excample and the others followed"
" The only time I was a bit dissapointed in him was the night at SP. I constantly told him to keep his calm and not get provoked during the first half cause he was getting kicked all over the place by Richard Shaw. I reminded him again during half-time but as everybody know it all went mad in the second half. Apart from that moment he was fantastic. He loved to train and really got on with the other players. I can´t say anything bad about that man"
" It would have worked out just fine for Gascoigne had he joined Manchester United. I would have seen to that. Sadly he went elsewhere"
" I spoke to Eric on a daily basis. I think I know my footballing history but so did Eric"
" Erics importance to this cub stretches not only to the five years he was here. It goes way beyond that"
" The way the FA handled the Cantona-issue was just disgusting"
Cantona:
"I love football. If it had been possible to play football and only football I would have been at MUFC for a longer time"
"United needed me and I needed United"
I love to play in Oles testimonial but only if they give me a 3-month advarsal. If they do that there is no stopping me for playin in his testamonial"
"I was wrong and deserved the penalty United gave me. Having said that I think the FA was wrong too"
Mr Ferguson helped me a lot. I think the team was good before I arrived but they needed something extra. I providid that. I needed the culture of Manchester United and I needed a manager like Mr Ferguson and it was the same way the other way around. We met at the excact right time"
"" The most difficult league-title was the first one. After that you grow in confidence and believe you can do it again"
"I always gave it a 100%. In my last season I didn´t recieve a booking and that tells you I had lost my passion for the game"
" I´d heard the same insults a million of times and not bothered. I don´t know why I reacted like I did at Selhurst Park"
" Mr Ferguson is the one reason I continued after SP"
"I will ONLY return as manager of Manchester United. If I go back there it will be as number one, not an assistant manager or youth coach. I think that if you start at the bottom you will stay at the bottom"
" It will be difficult for whoever takes charge of United after Mr Ferguson but I think Keano will be the right man to do it"
"To me Manchester United is two worlds. I love the footballing part. I think Glazer wanted to do more changes at United but Mr Ferguson kept things as it used to be. If there had been a weaker person than Mr Ferguson at United I think a lot more changes would have been done"
" The reason I played football was because I loved the game. If I had wanted money I could have continued my career. Money was not an issue"
" The fans helped us through difficult times. When you score, win a game or lift a trophy it is a big moment. A moment you love to share with the fans. I tried to help the fans living those moments. It´s wrong to get and not give. The fans gave me their support and therefore I thought it was important to give something back whether it was an autograph or a picture`"
" I love the Manchester United fans. They truly are the best in the world"
Me:
" Even though we got off to a not so good start we are still THE CHAMPIONS(Liverpool is not) and the red flag will forever fly. Keep the faith"
