@@DailyDoseOfFootballYT Seriously? Le God is a worldwide icon and a lot of that is due to his "take no shit" attitude an desire to make football art. I am enjoying this series and appreciate the effort you've gone to but Cantona is more of an icon at OT than Beckham, Keane, Scholes, Charlton, Law, in fact pretty much everyone but Best. You even know about the collar. I mean, seriously dude, have a word with yourself. (Just joshing, old bean, thanks for the great videos.)
@@rickyhe8817 lol so? So does Messi by that metric... 3 Copa Del Ray final losses. No world cup wins... Rooney by that metric was useless as well I guess...
@@eyeballjellyforbreakfast rooney scored 5 goals in euro at least. cantona 0 in euro/world cup. rooney got UCL x1; eric cantona never even played in a final
@@rickyhe8817 he retired when he was 30 I believe 2 seasons later united did the treble and champions league was one of them. France won the world cup in 98, I am sure had he still had the passion to play he would have easily won more trophies champions league and World cup/ euros included.
He was different. It wasn't just how good he was on the pitch, his aura was mythical. I've never seen anything like him, he was pretty much the sole focus of any game he played in.
The man was a genius. Tall and strong but elegant, outrageously creative with amazing technique. The amount of chances he used to create for players around him every game... It's not all about goal count statistics. For a lot of people, including me, he was football in the 90's.
He is the King because during his time of play, he scored goals when it really matters. Scoring the winning goals against opposition even the difference was only one goal. He made sure the team won when the rest of his teammates couldn't score. And this was the reason that made Man Utd almost invincible and won multiple trophies. 👑 *King Eric The Legend.*
He once said in a interview for the French tv that he fears that people forget him, and stop singing his name. Gladly, we saw he was completely wrong. The greatest player that ever played for the PL, definitely.
Changed a club(Manchester United) from a team that hadn't won a title in 26years to a team that barely let it go for the next 26"king Eric-the tortured artist“
@@craigoliver8712 Not only that. Man Utd was on the 8, or 7th place on the table when King Eric was playing for Leeds, and once he joined Manchester, everything changed. The rest is history..
Really enjoyable series you’re compiling, thank you. One point on Cantona’s score, his positioning was definitely greater than 7/10. I’m old enough to have watched him play and highlights probably don’t do him justice. He occupied what is now referred to as the 9 &1/2 role (not quite a 10 nor a 9 but aspects of both) and defences (especially in England) could not deal with him. Centre backs didn’t know whether to follow him into midfield to leave space behind or get a midfielder to drop in on him - neither option worked at stopping him having an impact, his skill and particularly his one touch passing was devastating. I will never tire of watching Cantona’s flicks and back heel passes! He arrived into goal scoring positions at crucial times, because of his outstanding positioning. He could have a quiet game for 89 minutes and bang... Cantona scores... 1-0... against the run of play... unmarked at the far post... how?... just ask Newcastle United fans how devastating the man was, Liverpool in the FA cup final and the many others he scored crucial goals against. His goal tally might not impress like other greats of the game but he didn’t need to concern himself with scoring the 4th and 5th goals of an easily won game - he scored the one of a hard fought 1-0. That’s why he’s King Eric
@@m4rcin847 listen I know you probably support some second rate team and let’s be honest you don’t hate cantona you deep down love him you wish he played for your club you adore him and everything he did and stands for. This is a safe place you don’t need to pretend anymore
@@darakenny5408 I adore his football skills, but as a human he is a trash. Or was, I hope. Im too old to support any club, but I enjoy good, fair played show on the field.
The guy was a misunderstood genius watch him a few times at United as I was brought up on United and been a fan all my life and I'm 50 tomorrow 2nd January I was very lucky to watch Cantona live 😀 👏 👍
In France, Cantona is just a name. And I don't think you have to fear any criticism from our side regarding his position in your top, since we care much less about him than foreign people do _ english most of all, who regard him with much more consideration than we do over here. We may have much more scrutinity for your work if some day you come to speak about Zidane.
@@glaivedacier That's very interesting, because to me, Cantona is the absolute embodiment of the french mentality. You would imagine the french would see that and recognise it. He was some man.
@@David-cm4ok Yes. The only trouble for him in France is the same for many other players elsewhere who did much more for their clubs than for their countries. Everything we won we won without him, so he cannot expect to have a privileged place in our memory despite his personality and his talent. The other sorry thing concerning him is that it is that personality that closed him the door to our team in 98 (or maybe it is Deschamps like many say): the coaching staff wanted a team, not simply a group of talented players. It worked there, like it worked in 2018, where the player they sacrificied was Benzema. Cantona's destiny makes me wonder sometimes how the Argentinian people see Messi.
Leeds united manager could not handle him. His bad attitude was considered bad for team. Gerard Houllier who was also French recommended him to SAF and told him that he is not really a person who creates problem but can get temper. SAF was then making a winning team and Eric Cantona was the final piece in the jigsaw. SAF knew it will be challenging to manage him and he did well.
It was the way that he brought players into the game that was far more important than his goals, his one-twos, layoffs, and touches all gave players space to play around him His greatest gift was using his various talented attributes at the right time.
Cantona might not have been the world best (winning UEFA or Euro etc) but he is and will be an icon for Manchester United. He was a thorough professional on the field as he would train thorougly and not skip training because he was a star. But he had a very bad temper and it was this that caused his meltdown, But the temper is there because he was very emotional about playing, the game and people. Cantona would have been a world beater had he got good manager and Agent to manage him. SAF managed him quite well and kept him away from media as much as possible. I feel all Eric Cantona wanted was a human touch to understand his anger bouts and they could be managed. Everyone at Manchester united and England knows how well he played as when he was off due to ban it cost the team a Title, everyone knew it, the man himself, the Manager, the team, the fan and even the EPL winner, but when he came back, he won it. He was the player that the famous class of 92 (Beckham, Nevilles, Giggs, Butt, Scholes) would all look at awe and fear, They would be scared to give a wrong pass as just a stare from him, they would know that the pass was not as per how he wanted, thus in a way Cantona was a person then future stars would look at and try to emulate, at least in the perfection of playing, His influence at Manchester united is still there. The #7 is coveted with any player wearing that expected to play as good as Cantona. After him the famous shirt was worn by David Beckham then Cristiano Ronaldo. Thus #7 of Manchester united has high expectations on their shoulders. Eric Cantona is still called "King Eric" at Manchester United. At UNITED, he is a Legend.
He certainly wasn't worlds best or Man Utds, he was the jigsaw piece that was needed at the time. Without him Utd were still a very good team. The no 7 comes from Bryan Robson. But for me I think he was an excellent domestic player but the benchmark is Europe and he just had too many nights he didn't cut it.
Why do people mention the number 7+not mention Robson? that's who I associate it with watched the 3-0 against Barca with Maradona in the team in 84, 1 hell of a player Robbo has a good game scores 2-gets mobbed at the end the fans lift him on their shoulders walks kissing him can't get off the pitch when he does walks straight up the tunnel mic straight in his face"how about that Bryan" "I not bad" he's knackered I noticed Giggsy got 1 for that FA cup goal in last ever replay against Arsenal he gets a mobbing kissing him on cheeks he can't get off the pitch bless him, reminds me of the cricket in the 70's early 80's when team scored winning runs it was stumps up quick+leg it off the pitch before they get mobbed remember first seeing it it was mental legging it off the pitch with the stumps-don't drop the bails you didn't have time (ha-ha made me chuckle thinnnking of them)
@@craigoliver8712 In Manchester united, #7 has been iconic, of course Bryan Robson is one of the great for Manchester united, before Cantona came, Manchester united had not won the title for long time, and he made an impact almost immediately. Also a point is that when Cantona came in there were the young boys who also joined first team, the class of 1992, and seems the arrival of Cantona changed the fortunes. Even Beckham and CR7 both wore #7 and both are iconic to Manchester united, but Eric Cantona had a different flair, he was sort of a guy who would make his own rules.
@@NightShooter87 there was a drinking culture before Fergie came+cut it out made it start of real professionalism probably in the game(not saying not proffesinol-but different times) before diet,sports physiology) don't know if same at most clubs, just generational thing was on about Robbo no:7 I used to make sure got no:7 for teams played in as kids? Young lads just 1 to 11 then just seemed to notice the 7 more on Robson ten anny other seemed to stand out more
@@NightShooter87 I mean he only played in 1 team that had a chance to win the UCL due to English ban and foreign player rule which was the 97 united team and even that one is considered the worst United team to win the PL. Cannot blame Uniteds lack of success in Europe on him. Cantona came 3rd in the BD so yeah he was certainly one of the worlds best in the period -92-97
I don’t think it’s fair to judge Cantona on not winning international trophies. There are way more factors at play impacting that. The French team and it’s organisation were just not in a state to win until the 98 WC. Also, his mentality was one of the things that made him one of the greatest ever. He approached football like art.
Once I (french) met Cantona in a bar in Brest (France). I was with a colleague that was Scottish, she was quite a fan of football! It was a weekday, on a winter day, there was almost no one partying. With my colleague (she was there just for two days) we got shit drunk and we started bar/club hoping. We got into a club at like 1am, and inside there was only like 10 people! I remember my colleague getting all crazy and she was like "OMG, OMG I can't believe it's Eric Cantona..." but with her bad Scottish accent I didn't understood, I was like at her like "What the heck are you saying? err... contaneur??". Anyway, I was also shit drunk and wasn't seeing properly. Didn't recognised who he was so I though they were just casual people at the club drinking. I cheered with them, chitchated a bit, I remember asking "Cantona" stupid casual drunk question like "what's up dude, what you doing in Brest! Working at the harbour?". Then my Scottish friend was insisting that I took a picture of her and the guy and I was like "why do you want a picture with a random dude?". Anyway, I took the picture. The rest of the night is blurry (I didn't had sex with her tho). But the morning after she sent me the picture I took of her with Eric Cantona! And there I recognise him! So, yeah, that's the only famous person I've ever met and that's how it went! And I'm 36, I was a fan of him in my childhood/teen, I mean, he's a fucking legend in France too. Since I'm a teen I also love ManU and it's mostly because of him (and Giggs for no reason that I can remember).
King Eric ❤️ thank you for the wonderful video! Definitely a legend. Every old school United great/legend talks about meeting Cantona for the first time, and how they felt seeing CANTONA celebrate their goals.
*_Eric of House Cantona. First of His Name, the Red, the Legend, the True Owner of Number Seven Jersey, King of the Football Field, Protector of Manchester United, Father of the Red Devils._* 👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑 Now you know His Majesty, the King’s full title.
Eric Cantona is my favourite Manchester United player of all time. Having said that, I do agree with your assessment. He was brilliant, albeit volatile. How Fergie managed to get the best out of Eric, is one of his greatest achievements.
won four Premier League titles in five years and two League and FA Cup Doubles. He won the league championship in seven of his last eight full seasons as a professional..... Major enough trophys won for me
Legend King Eric. The Reason I played football. For myself an absolute machine in every way. A true leader. Man Utd and even the Premier League wouldn't be the same today without Eric Cantona. And also part of the most legendary Nike commercials. Icon 10/10!!!
2:23 It's amazing that even in a grainy 90s clip that's barely a second long you can still recognize Valderrama instantly XD. I had no idea he played with King Eric in France!!! PS: I don't know if he's good enough to fit your criteria, but you should do a vid on El Pibe
A huge congrats for the efforts you have done to make this video,I am sure this will not go unnoticed. A big fan and well-wisher of yours,hope you get 1 M subs soon bro
I hope so but I've been thinking of quiting, out of nowhere RUclips went crazy and now I get like half the views, it's like months of work just deleted
Your comments and ranking is fair. I'm really like it. For me, Cantona is the First World Class Player in Sir Alex Ferguson's era. He's built structure for Man United Legacy. We own him. That's why he is The King.
Man his standards are so high that he got the best of coaches trainers and all of the club. Sometimes standards are raised hard to come by from a players standpoint
I love these videos, they are really well made; and the scoring system seems to be very reasonable which is amazing considering how many opinions there are in football. I already subscribed a few weeks ago :) Good luck!
@@DailyDoseOfFootballYT It's because you cover players with huge fanbases who have great emotion and sentimentality over them. I wouldn't be surprised if your Ronaldinho rating got a lot of flack for this reason (even though unfortunately for him he couldn't quite do as much as the Big Two in terms of stats/consistency etc. so personally I think it's pretty fair but it shouldn't take away from his absolute Legendary Icon status). Even though I really like the scoring system because it really gave a picture of how the players fair, it might be in your best interest viewership-wise to remove it. Another note to consider is that in the past due to not as advanced technology/racism/etc it was probably much more difficult for old legends to acquire a trophy cabinet like today so on that note I would be more lenient towards them e.g. Pele (there's a lot of differences in terms of ability from back then to today as well because of sports research as well; George Best would never achieve his status in today's game with his drinking habits for instance). Teams back then were much more localized in terms of player nationality. Just wanted to point that out. I can't wait for the older players (e.g. Beckenbauer, Pele) review because I wasn't there to see them so they're quite unknown to me.
@@EL_ClD Yeah I've thought about removing it a lot actually. Once I hit 1000 subs I cant post polls and I'll ask what people think there. I take the time into account a bit, or at least try to. I've done Puskas and Cruyff, don't know if you've seen those but might be cool
2:50 😯 I've lost count of transfers suspensions bust ups, winning league with Marseille as top goalscorer then sold to some nobody team, wtf??? Gerard houlier convinced him to go to England after he had retired, age about 5. Won league with Leeds, there last. Then sold to their biggest rivals 🙄 who where 8th at christmas and won the league...
He had as much influence on the club as greats like,Edwards,Law,Best,Charlton,Robson,Keane,Scholes,Rooney,He his a God like figure to United fans who along with Sir Alex changed the whole mentality and ethos of the club at that time you really need to be a United fan to appreciate the seismic influence he actually had. This video does not take into account the times Eric turned what looked like being a draw or a defeat into a victory and also how he elevated the players around him up to a higher level. Near enough every match going Red of his time will tell you that Eric Cantona is one of the greatest ever to wear the Famous shirt of Manchester United, if you are not a United supporter it really will be hard to grasp what Cantona actually did,His enormous legacy is sealed in the history of the club.
@@juniorvandecwesthuizen5814 Ronaldo came at a time when United were already winning leagues Cantona came when it was 26 years since we last won the league so different circumstances but both obviously United legends.
7/10 is not very generous (or realistic in my opinion) but Eric is unlikely to care about that. He was a man who had enormous impact in the football world and that's how you measure the contribution of players. He had more impact than many high profile players who are probably rated better than him in football - again he would not care about that. The reason he would not care is that although he was a brilliant player, he did not need football or recognition from it. Of course he enjoyed it, but he didn't need it. Football needed him though just like it needs Pele, Maradona, Cruyff etc to feed the hype machine that is generally quite badly under-fuelled. There are not many premier league players who have matched up to Eric's quality during or after his playing days and the premier league is supposed to be "the best league in the world" so again, 7/10 seems an underestimation of his talent. So, he doesn't care but I do, it has to be at least a 9/10 for me. He was a curious mixture of grace and power and excitement for the game with an eye for goal better than most and he inspired all those around him, not many can do that. What I don't care about is the suggested flaw in his character - there was no flaw, he just didn't accept any nonsense from anyone and he should be universally respected for that, not criticised. Yes, he could have done more in the game if he had wanted to, but he didn't want to because it wasn't everything to him especially when asked to compromise his own principles. Some people have greater and wider interests and values than just football - he did football until he got bored of it I think. If the football world was a better place he may well have stayed longer and achieved more in that time.
Dude the guy deserved at least 85/100 you cant just put scores to stats, there are players like Khedira who won champions league and world cup and that way would look like they were better than Cantona
@@DailyDoseOfFootballYT I didn’t say that, but Cantona deserves a lot more than what he got. Numbers are estimates of what the real impact is, his impact on Man Utd and the world of football in general is massive. Definitely an all time great
@@Abood99222 I agree. It's also not reasonable to judge a player who performed consistently when he was on the pitch as having a 4/10 mentality. Pogba has more international success with a WC medal but ask Utd fans which player they feel has the more suspect mentality and they'd likely say Pogba (or they're 🤪). Cantona wasn't as willing to put up with shit from fans & referees as the typical players of his era. Now player power is more evident, as UEFA found out recently. And is there a more iconic player of the Premier league era? I appreciate all of this is quite subjective but he deserves a higher mark, even accepting his personal issues lost him a trophy or 2.
9/10 icon rating?? He's perhaps the greatest footballing icon in the history of English football. Or Beckham, but as a footballing icon it's not close. The 12 days of Christmas is sung by his fans with every thing in it "Cantona". He was a footballer on TV ads in the USA in the 1990s, which was a rarity. There's a motion picture about him. For Christ sake Oasis has a video homage him, long after he retired. The greatest ever manager rates him as his most iconic player. He speaks in countercultural, poetic flourishes. He's known simply as the King. He couldn't even bring himself to wear his kit in a non-iconic manner. He made English fans wave French flags. He made even opposing fans gasp with awe and admiration. Good video here, but go back now and rate him a 10 please. P.S. your trophy score here is way too low for him as well. He pulled a team from mediocrity to dynastic status which, again, the greatest ever manager credits him for. And no, I'm not a ManU supporter.
7 Trophies with three Clubs in two different league should at least warrant him 5 points. And Zlatan Ibrahimovic is still playing brilliantly for AC Milan and so far leads the table in a top flight league like Serie A. So, it's only fair you re-evaluate his ranking after he retires. Thanks for the series
He is the reason, so many around the world became United fans, including yours truly. Just like George Best before him, he played the game his own way and was often light years ahead of everyone else. As much as he achieved, his talent deserved so much more. Regardless, every United fan owes it to themselves. To look back at what this great man did for us and what he means to the club.
Cantona was the Michael Jordan of the EPL in the 90s. He was the best player in the league and he knew it. His game was not just about goals. He fed a lot of assists to his teammates. Most important of all, when he played, he made all his teammates play even better. Its no coincidence that he won 4 titles in 5 years. Would have been 5 for 5 if not for the Kung Fu kick !
It seems pretty crazy to think that in WC France 98 the French team played Christophe Dugarry up front and Cantona was not in the squad even, but then Dugarry was Zidane's best friend. Same with David Ginola, they were both sensational in England at the time. EDIT : I forgot that Eric retired from football in 1997 which is truly absurd for a man of his talent to retire at 30.
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C'mon. Icon factor 10/10. He defined his own archetype.
Yeah I wanted to but didnt feel like it was fair yk
Cantona did get in a LOT of trouble in his short career
@@DailyDoseOfFootballYT Seriously? Le God is a worldwide icon and a lot of that is due to his "take no shit" attitude an desire to make football art. I am enjoying this series and appreciate the effort you've gone to but Cantona is more of an icon at OT than Beckham, Keane, Scholes, Charlton, Law, in fact pretty much everyone but Best. You even know about the collar. I mean, seriously dude, have a word with yourself. (Just joshing, old bean, thanks for the great videos.)
id say 11/10
@@rourose Love that 11/10.... Eric defies logic.
Icon factor should be 10/10, He is the King of Manchester
He was the catalyst that sparked the trophy revolution and the belief back at United
but he really lacked success in national team and european competitions
@@rickyhe8817 lol so? So does Messi by that metric...
3 Copa Del Ray final losses.
No world cup wins...
Rooney by that metric was useless as well I guess...
@@eyeballjellyforbreakfast rooney scored 5 goals in euro at least. cantona 0 in euro/world cup.
rooney got UCL x1; eric cantona never even played in a final
@@rickyhe8817 he retired when he was 30 I believe 2 seasons later united did the treble and champions league was one of them. France won the world cup in 98, I am sure had he still had the passion to play he would have easily won more trophies champions league and World cup/ euros included.
@@eyeballjellyforbreakfast haha aged like shii 🤣🤣
He was different. It wasn't just how good he was on the pitch, his aura was mythical. I've never seen anything like him, he was pretty much the sole focus of any game he played in.
The man was a genius. Tall and strong but elegant, outrageously creative with amazing technique. The amount of chances he used to create for players around him every game... It's not all about goal count statistics. For a lot of people, including me, he was football in the 90's.
He is the King because during his time of play, he scored goals when it really matters. Scoring the winning goals against opposition even the difference was only one goal. He made sure the team won when the rest of his teammates couldn't score. And this was the reason that made Man Utd almost invincible and won multiple trophies.
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*King Eric The Legend.*
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I’ll tell you how good he was! We still sing his name in 2020
He once said in a interview for the French tv that he fears that people forget him, and stop singing his name.
Gladly, we saw he was completely wrong.
The greatest player that ever played for the PL, definitely.
Damn right! He made things happen that man! Was a joy to watch! King Cantona!
Changed a club(Manchester United) from a team that hadn't won a title in 26years to a team that barely let it go for the next 26"king Eric-the tortured artist“
@@craigoliver8712 Not only that. Man Utd was on the 8, or 7th place on the table when King Eric was playing for Leeds, and once he joined Manchester, everything changed. The rest is history..
Are you a man united supported
Cantona was the beginning of everything utd achieved.
Thx for this video not much is gifted to him for what he started.
My favourite player ever.
Really enjoyable series you’re compiling, thank you. One point on Cantona’s score, his positioning was definitely greater than 7/10. I’m old enough to have watched him play and highlights probably don’t do him justice. He occupied what is now referred to as the 9 &1/2 role (not quite a 10 nor a 9 but aspects of both) and defences (especially in England) could not deal with him. Centre backs didn’t know whether to follow him into midfield to leave space behind or get a midfielder to drop in on him - neither option worked at stopping him having an impact, his skill and particularly his one touch passing was devastating. I will never tire of watching Cantona’s flicks and back heel passes! He arrived into goal scoring positions at crucial times, because of his outstanding positioning. He could have a quiet game for 89 minutes and bang... Cantona scores... 1-0... against the run of play... unmarked at the far post... how?... just ask Newcastle United fans how devastating the man was, Liverpool in the FA cup final and the many others he scored crucial goals against. His goal tally might not impress like other greats of the game but he didn’t need to concern himself with scoring the 4th and 5th goals of an easily won game - he scored the one of a hard fought 1-0. That’s why he’s King Eric
He retired 24 years ago and we still sing about him in every game and we definitely still drink a drink to Eric the king
So you praising a douchebag, what a fantastic club you have there...
@@m4rcin847 funny how your avi says no snowflakes but you get offended about us singing a song. Bit hypocritical of you that is
@@darakenny5408 Maybe, just like ManU fans singing a song about that dick. Last Euro show how fantastic fans you are, no wonder you praising Cantona.
@@m4rcin847 listen I know you probably support some second rate team and let’s be honest you don’t hate cantona you deep down love him you wish he played for your club you adore him and everything he did and stands for. This is a safe place you don’t need to pretend anymore
@@darakenny5408 I adore his football skills, but as a human he is a trash. Or was, I hope. Im too old to support any club, but I enjoy good, fair played show on the field.
“Telling every member of a disciplinary committee they were idiots to their faces”
Yup there’s only one Cantona
Sharing a locker room with Roy Keane and you're the crazy one
Eric contributed a lot to what Man U is today.He was really the king.
And exactly what IS Man Utd today? A spent force?
When you have zlatan and cantona below terry and lampard. 🤦♂️
Zlatan should be reevaluated in my opinion... :)
these ratings don't mean anything - I agree with your opinion more
The guy was a misunderstood genius watch him a few times at United as I was brought up on United and been a fan all my life and I'm 50 tomorrow 2nd January I was very lucky to watch Cantona live 😀 👏 👍
In Argentina Cantona is a Legend! Great work! saludos!
Gracias! In portugal he's a legend as well
In France, Cantona is just a name. And I don't think you have to fear any criticism from our side regarding his position in your top, since we care much less about him than foreign people do _ english most of all, who regard him with much more consideration than we do over here. We may have much more scrutinity for your work if some day you come to speak about Zidane.
@@glaivedacier That's very interesting, because to me, Cantona is the absolute embodiment of the french mentality. You would imagine the french would see that and recognise it. He was some man.
@@David-cm4ok Yes. The only trouble for him in France is the same for many other players elsewhere who did much more for their clubs than for their countries. Everything we won we won without him, so he cannot expect to have a privileged place in our memory despite his personality and his talent. The other sorry thing concerning him is that it is that personality that closed him the door to our team in 98 (or maybe it is Deschamps like many say): the coaching staff wanted a team, not simply a group of talented players. It worked there, like it worked in 2018, where the player they sacrificied was Benzema. Cantona's destiny makes me wonder sometimes how the Argentinian people see Messi.
@@glaivedacier Messi has always wanted to play for his country though, no? He's had no problems with discipline of course.
Regardless of how you rated him,this man made me love Man Utd since 1995 and I will forever be a die hard Man Utd fan.
ERIC CANTONA the one and only King of Manchester
Le Roi
@@DailyDoseOfFootballYT I'm happy about your progress with the youtube channel ..... Ride on mate 👍✨
Dennis Law was the original ' King ' but........yeh.......he's a King. Legend. (7)⚽
I'd like to thank Leeds for gifting Man United Eric.
Leeds united manager could not handle him. His bad attitude was considered bad for team. Gerard Houllier who was also French recommended him to SAF and told him that he is not really a person who creates problem but can get temper. SAF was then making a winning team and Eric Cantona was the final piece in the jigsaw. SAF knew it will be challenging to manage him and he did well.
@@sachinmesta4238 Well SAF is arguably the greatest Man Manager of all time,so.......
It was the way that he brought players into the game that was far more important than his goals, his one-twos, layoffs, and touches all gave players space to play around him His greatest gift was using his various talented attributes at the right time.
I have has the good fortune to see this man play , a true icon of his time
Cantona might not have been the world best (winning UEFA or Euro etc) but he is and will be an icon for Manchester United.
He was a thorough professional on the field as he would train thorougly and not skip training because he was a star. But he had a very bad temper and it was this that caused his meltdown, But the temper is there because he was very emotional about playing, the game and people. Cantona would have been a world beater had he got good manager and Agent to manage him. SAF managed him quite well and kept him away from media as much as possible. I feel all Eric Cantona wanted was a human touch to understand his anger bouts and they could be managed.
Everyone at Manchester united and England knows how well he played as when he was off due to ban it cost the team a Title, everyone knew it, the man himself, the Manager, the team, the fan and even the EPL winner, but when he came back, he won it. He was the player that the famous class of 92 (Beckham, Nevilles, Giggs, Butt, Scholes) would all look at awe and fear, They would be scared to give a wrong pass as just a stare from him, they would know that the pass was not as per how he wanted, thus in a way Cantona was a person then future stars would look at and try to emulate, at least in the perfection of playing, His influence at Manchester united is still there. The #7 is coveted with any player wearing that expected to play as good as Cantona. After him the famous shirt was worn by David Beckham then Cristiano Ronaldo. Thus #7 of Manchester united has high expectations on their shoulders.
Eric Cantona is still called "King Eric" at Manchester United. At UNITED, he is a Legend.
He certainly wasn't worlds best or Man Utds, he was the jigsaw piece that was needed at the time. Without him Utd were still a very good team. The no 7 comes from Bryan Robson. But for me I think he was an excellent domestic player but the benchmark is Europe and he just had too many nights he didn't cut it.
Why do people mention the number 7+not mention Robson? that's who I associate it with watched the 3-0 against Barca with Maradona in the team in 84, 1 hell of a player Robbo has a good game scores 2-gets mobbed at the end the fans lift him on their shoulders walks kissing him can't get off the pitch when he does walks straight up the tunnel mic straight in his face"how about that Bryan" "I not bad" he's knackered I noticed Giggsy got 1 for that FA cup goal in last ever replay against Arsenal he gets a mobbing kissing him on cheeks he can't get off the pitch bless him, reminds me of the cricket in the 70's early 80's when team scored winning runs it was stumps up quick+leg it off the pitch before they get mobbed remember first seeing it it was mental legging it off the pitch with the stumps-don't drop the bails you didn't have time (ha-ha made me chuckle thinnnking of them)
@@craigoliver8712 In Manchester united, #7 has been iconic, of course Bryan Robson is one of the great for Manchester united, before Cantona came, Manchester united had not won the title for long time, and he made an impact almost immediately. Also a point is that when Cantona came in there were the young boys who also joined first team, the class of 1992, and seems the arrival of Cantona changed the fortunes. Even Beckham and CR7 both wore #7 and both are iconic to Manchester united, but Eric Cantona had a different flair, he was sort of a guy who would make his own rules.
@@NightShooter87 there was a drinking culture before Fergie came+cut it out made it start of real professionalism probably in the game(not saying not proffesinol-but different times) before diet,sports physiology) don't know if same at most clubs, just generational thing was on about Robbo no:7 I used to make sure got no:7 for teams played in as kids? Young lads just 1 to 11 then just seemed to notice the 7 more on Robson ten anny other seemed to stand out more
@@NightShooter87 I mean he only played in 1 team that had a chance to win the UCL due to English ban and foreign player rule which was the 97 united team and even that one is considered the worst United team to win the PL. Cannot blame Uniteds lack of success in Europe on him. Cantona came 3rd in the BD so yeah he was certainly one of the worlds best in the period -92-97
10/10 positioning, he played more of a number 10 role than a number 9 which is why he wasn't so prolific
I don’t think it’s fair to judge Cantona on not winning international trophies. There are way more factors at play impacting that. The French team and it’s organisation were just not in a state to win until the 98 WC.
Also, his mentality was one of the things that made him one of the greatest ever. He approached football like art.
Once I (french) met Cantona in a bar in Brest (France). I was with a colleague that was Scottish, she was quite a fan of football! It was a weekday, on a winter day, there was almost no one partying. With my colleague (she was there just for two days) we got shit drunk and we started bar/club hoping. We got into a club at like 1am, and inside there was only like 10 people!
I remember my colleague getting all crazy and she was like "OMG, OMG I can't believe it's Eric Cantona..." but with her bad Scottish accent I didn't understood, I was like at her like "What the heck are you saying? err... contaneur??".
Anyway, I was also shit drunk and wasn't seeing properly. Didn't recognised who he was so I though they were just casual people at the club drinking. I cheered with them, chitchated a bit, I remember asking "Cantona" stupid casual drunk question like "what's up dude, what you doing in Brest! Working at the harbour?".
Then my Scottish friend was insisting that I took a picture of her and the guy and I was like "why do you want a picture with a random dude?". Anyway, I took the picture. The rest of the night is blurry (I didn't had sex with her tho). But the morning after she sent me the picture I took of her with Eric Cantona! And there I recognise him!
So, yeah, that's the only famous person I've ever met and that's how it went!
And I'm 36, I was a fan of him in my childhood/teen, I mean, he's a fucking legend in France too. Since I'm a teen I also love ManU and it's mostly because of him (and Giggs for no reason that I can remember).
This is by far the best comment I've ever gotten what a story! Incredible really wow
King Eric ❤️ thank you for the wonderful video!
Definitely a legend. Every old school United great/legend talks about meeting Cantona for the first time, and how they felt seeing CANTONA celebrate their goals.
He was amazing, I'm glad you enjoyed. Consider checking out the rest of the channel btw
There is a reason why until now mancunian still refer him as King..he single handedly globalize not just man utd, but premier league as well..
*_Eric of House Cantona. First of His Name, the Red, the Legend, the True Owner of Number Seven Jersey, King of the Football Field, Protector of Manchester United, Father of the Red Devils._*
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Now you know His Majesty, the King’s full title.
Eric Cantona is my favourite Manchester United player of all time. Having said that, I do agree with your assessment. He was brilliant, albeit volatile. How Fergie managed to get the best out of Eric, is one of his greatest achievements.
Majestic. The King. The inspiration. George Best and Eric Cantona are my favourite ever players.
Eric is a mystical creature.
He truly was incredible.
won four Premier League titles in five years and two League and FA Cup Doubles. He won the league championship in seven of his last eight full seasons as a professional.....
Major enough trophys won for me
THIS is lady and gentlemen true Influencer. Legend. It blows my mind knowing he was founding stone of MU.
Only the sharp eyes of SAF and the cheeky and tactical skills of Cantona makes him the darling of his making
Unquestionably brilliant! Doesnt need asking because if you know then you know
Main reason why I LOVE MAN UNITED!!
Long answer: the G.O.A.T
Short answer: the G.O.A.T
Legend King Eric. The Reason I played football. For myself an absolute machine in every way. A true leader. Man Utd and even the Premier League wouldn't be the same today without Eric Cantona. And also part of the most legendary Nike commercials. Icon 10/10!!!
2:23
It's amazing that even in a grainy 90s clip that's barely a second long you can still recognize Valderrama instantly XD. I had no idea he played with King Eric in France!!!
PS: I don't know if he's good enough to fit your criteria, but you should do a vid on El Pibe
WOW. He actually was much better than i thought.
Great Video. Thank you.
A huge congrats for the efforts you have done to make this video,I am sure this will not go unnoticed. A big fan and well-wisher of yours,hope you get 1 M subs soon bro
Thanks man, I don't know tho, this last week as been really tough
You'll always have my support bro
Thank you for making these videos.
Nice vid hard work will pay off eventually mate
I hope so but I've been thinking of quiting, out of nowhere RUclips went crazy and now I get like half the views, it's like months of work just deleted
@@DailyDoseOfFootballYT Não faças isso, continua, que mais cedo ou mais tarde vais ter o reconhecimento que mereces! Força nisso ;)
@@mynsky Veremos como vai correndo
Your comments and ranking is fair. I'm really like it.
For me, Cantona is the First World Class Player in Sir Alex Ferguson's era. He's built structure for Man United Legacy. We own him. That's why he is The King.
His personality is what made Manchester united the champions and it is what the team had in all those years when they were the best in England
agreed, it was incredibly strong, not flawed like some suggest. Maybe they still wouldn't have won any recent titles if he had not played there....
Seriously great in depth channel
Eric Cantona has a temper that shows he has character and fortitude and shows why he is a number 7
Simply the best and yes he is the king
Man his standards are so high that he got the best of coaches trainers and all of the club. Sometimes standards are raised hard to come by from a players standpoint
I love these videos, they are really well made; and the scoring system seems to be very reasonable which is amazing considering how many opinions there are in football. I already subscribed a few weeks ago :) Good luck!
thanks man, people seem to always give me shit for the scores but I really do try to be unbiased as much as possible
@@DailyDoseOfFootballYT It's because you cover players with huge fanbases who have great emotion and sentimentality over them. I wouldn't be surprised if your Ronaldinho rating got a lot of flack for this reason (even though unfortunately for him he couldn't quite do as much as the Big Two in terms of stats/consistency etc. so personally I think it's pretty fair but it shouldn't take away from his absolute Legendary Icon status). Even though I really like the scoring system because it really gave a picture of how the players fair, it might be in your best interest viewership-wise to remove it.
Another note to consider is that in the past due to not as advanced technology/racism/etc it was probably much more difficult for old legends to acquire a trophy cabinet like today so on that note I would be more lenient towards them e.g. Pele (there's a lot of differences in terms of ability from back then to today as well because of sports research as well; George Best would never achieve his status in today's game with his drinking habits for instance). Teams back then were much more localized in terms of player nationality. Just wanted to point that out.
I can't wait for the older players (e.g. Beckenbauer, Pele) review because I wasn't there to see them so they're quite unknown to me.
@@EL_ClD Yeah I've thought about removing it a lot actually. Once I hit 1000 subs I cant post polls and I'll ask what people think there.
I take the time into account a bit, or at least try to.
I've done Puskas and Cruyff, don't know if you've seen those but might be cool
@@DailyDoseOfFootballYT I already watched and liked most of your videos including those :)
@@EL_ClD thanks, thats great
A genuine man. Utd genius
There is only one King!The king Erik!
6:34 bro dint hold back 😂😂
I'm a Chelsea fan but this man was mental, a true equal to Bergkamp.Question for Utd fans or fans who was better Rooney or Cantona?
Cantona by a country mile for me. Many United fans would disagree but mostly younger ones.
2:50 😯 I've lost count of transfers suspensions bust ups, winning league with Marseille as top goalscorer then sold to some nobody team, wtf??? Gerard houlier convinced him to go to England after he had retired, age about 5. Won league with Leeds, there last.
Then sold to their biggest rivals 🙄 who where 8th at christmas and won the league...
Fifa career mode
i named my son Eric and cant be more proud
He was getting better as he got older
Great video! Absolute legend
King Eric
He had as much influence on the club as greats like,Edwards,Law,Best,Charlton,Robson,Keane,Scholes,Rooney,He his a God like figure to United fans who along with Sir Alex changed the whole mentality and ethos of the club at that time you really need to be a United fan to appreciate the seismic influence he actually had.
This video does not take into account the times Eric turned what looked like being a draw or a defeat into a victory and also how he elevated the players around him up to a higher level.
Near enough every match going Red of his time will tell you that Eric Cantona is one of the greatest ever to wear the Famous shirt of Manchester United, if you are not a United supporter it really will be hard to grasp what Cantona actually did,His enormous legacy is sealed in the history of the club.
Bigger than cr7 that's a question
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Ronaldo came at a time when United were already winning leagues Cantona came when it was 26 years since we last won the league so different circumstances but both obviously United legends.
Glad sir alex was the one managing him and not pep guardiola..would have fun to see him under jose murihinio too.
He is the KING of all ManUtd fans
10/10 positioning and 10/10 icon
Love your videos!
Georgie after the king Fu kick..."Eric, you can't go around doing that sort of thing"
Fergie
Ability wise he’s top 10 players of all time
Fair enough. Though his influence on the class of 92 was immense too.
He was like Lewandowski and Benzema in one , and better
He decided to retire at 25! I love Cantonna. No more crap! And how about calling each member of the committee "idiots" on their faces ? A true legend.
I was named after Eric cantona
He gave the fans what they craved, they crowned him king.
any kid who had their collars up playing football in the playground knew the score.
7/10 is not very generous (or realistic in my opinion) but Eric is unlikely to care about that. He was a man who had enormous impact in the football world and that's how you measure the contribution of players. He had more impact than many high profile players who are probably rated better than him in football - again he would not care about that. The reason he would not care is that although he was a brilliant player, he did not need football or recognition from it. Of course he enjoyed it, but he didn't need it. Football needed him though just like it needs Pele, Maradona, Cruyff etc to feed the hype machine that is generally quite badly under-fuelled. There are not many premier league players who have matched up to Eric's quality during or after his playing days and the premier league is supposed to be "the best league in the world" so again, 7/10 seems an underestimation of his talent. So, he doesn't care but I do, it has to be at least a 9/10 for me. He was a curious mixture of grace and power and excitement for the game with an eye for goal better than most and he inspired all those around him, not many can do that. What I don't care about is the suggested flaw in his character - there was no flaw, he just didn't accept any nonsense from anyone and he should be universally respected for that, not criticised. Yes, he could have done more in the game if he had wanted to, but he didn't want to because it wasn't everything to him especially when asked to compromise his own principles. Some people have greater and wider interests and values than just football - he did football until he got bored of it I think. If the football world was a better place he may well have stayed longer and achieved more in that time.
Eric Cantona... Great mountains always carry ice on their top.
The King of Manchester.
Awesome video, keep up the good job
Thanks, will do!
Great video man!
Appreciate it!
I'm pretty sure the crystal Palace fan was saying something about his mum who had just died
Great research, love these videos. Can you cover Iniesta?
I was at the Charity Shield match when he scored the hattrick for Leeds against Liverpool in 1992.
Love it! thanks a lot !!
Ofc!
Dude the guy deserved at least 85/100 you cant just put scores to stats, there are players like Khedira who won champions league and world cup and that way would look like they were better than Cantona
one main stat that needs to be considered is that most of the trophies he won were with underdog teams
its not like i only took trophies into account
@@DailyDoseOfFootballYT I didn’t say that, but Cantona deserves a lot more than what he got. Numbers are estimates of what the real impact is, his impact on Man Utd and the world of football in general is massive. Definitely an all time great
@@Abood99222 I agree. It's also not reasonable to judge a player who performed consistently when he was on the pitch as having a 4/10 mentality. Pogba has more international success with a WC medal but ask Utd fans which player they feel has the more suspect mentality and they'd likely say Pogba (or they're 🤪). Cantona wasn't as willing to put up with shit from fans & referees as the typical players of his era. Now player power is more evident, as UEFA found out recently. And is there a more iconic player of the Premier league era? I appreciate all of this is quite subjective but he deserves a higher mark, even accepting his personal issues lost him a trophy or 2.
9/10 icon rating?? He's perhaps the greatest footballing icon in the history of English football. Or Beckham, but as a footballing icon it's not close. The 12 days of Christmas is sung by his fans with every thing in it "Cantona". He was a footballer on TV ads in the USA in the 1990s, which was a rarity. There's a motion picture about him. For Christ sake Oasis has a video homage him, long after he retired. The greatest ever manager rates him as his most iconic player. He speaks in countercultural, poetic flourishes. He's known simply as the King. He couldn't even bring himself to wear his kit in a non-iconic manner. He made English fans wave French flags. He made even opposing fans gasp with awe and admiration. Good video here, but go back now and rate him a 10 please. P.S. your trophy score here is way too low for him as well. He pulled a team from mediocrity to dynastic status which, again, the greatest ever manager credits him for. And no, I'm not a ManU supporter.
@GLW perfect comment; sums it all up.
Icon factor should have been 10/10. They don’t get much more iconic.
Long live the king
7 Trophies with three Clubs in two different league should at least warrant him 5 points. And Zlatan Ibrahimovic is still playing brilliantly for AC Milan and so far leads the table in a top flight league like Serie A. So, it's only fair you re-evaluate his ranking after he retires. Thanks for the series
Song in the background? Also great video!
He is the reason, so many around the world became United fans, including yours truly. Just like George Best before him, he played the game his own way and was often light years ahead of everyone else.
As much as he achieved, his talent deserved so much more. Regardless, every United fan owes it to themselves. To look back at what this great man did for us and what he means to the club.
The King
We still sing his name in 2021
Baggio, Bergkamp and Cantona on the balon do'r podium. That's pretty special.
Watching u since I found ur channel couple of weeks ago
thanks man, hope you stay for the long run
Great video 😁
Thanks man, means a lot, its been tough lately
@@DailyDoseOfFootballYT Been rough for me too
Better days will come
Stay strong
Cantona was the Michael Jordan of the EPL in the 90s. He was the best player in the league and he knew it. His game was not just about goals. He fed a lot of assists to his teammates. Most important of all, when he played, he made all his teammates play even better. Its no coincidence that he won 4 titles in 5 years. Would have been 5 for 5 if not for the Kung Fu kick !
God I love this account
Ooh ahh cantona!
Please do Roy Keane. I love your videos! 👏
Icon factor:11/10
If France qualified to USA 94, imagine Cantona playing against Romario, Baggio, etc.
It seems pretty crazy to think that in WC France 98 the French team played Christophe Dugarry up front and Cantona was not in the squad even, but then Dugarry was Zidane's best friend. Same with David Ginola, they were both sensational in England at the time. EDIT : I forgot that Eric retired from football in 1997 which is truly absurd for a man of his talent to retire at 30.
Chill, he was past his prime and two years retired from football.