Eric Cantona could be on his way back to Old Trafford to take up a coaching position, according to the Sunday Express.

According to the paper, a friend of Cantona’s has admitted that a coaching job at United could prove a tempting offer for the Frenchman. He said: “Eric does fancy the idea of helping out with the coaching at a club like Manchester United.”

Should these comments prove accurate it could prove impeccable timing. Manchester United assistant manager Carlos Quieroz is thought to be close to leaving the club to take over as the Portuguese national coach and Ferguson himself has admitted that retirement may be only a few years away.

Their source says: “He has been enjoying himself appearing in and directing films and being involved in beach soccer but has always wanted to help produce a team in his style and knows that Sir Alex Ferguson would encourage him.”

A Cantona return would certainly be widely welcomed by the fans at Old Trafford. Cantona is largely viewed as the man who turned the club’s fortunes around after signing on a free transfer from Leeds and despite having left the club over a decade ago, he remains one of the club’s most talismanic figures.

Source: Goal.com

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Eric Cantona has revealed to Le Parisien that soon, perhaps after next month’s beach soccer World Cup, he will pursue yet another vocation.

“I will return to 11-a-side football just to become the best manager in the world – and that’s exactly what I’ll become,” trumpeted the man whom Manchester United fans still call King. “I will do the job as a creator and an artist. I want to give football something new.”

Asked where he foresaw this dream unfolding, Cantona ruled out his native France, saying, “Ligue 1 is miserable. It should be banned! We don’t have the best players in the world but most of all the managers are a pain in the ass … they shouldn’t be allowed to advocate such a cautious way of playing.”

Cantona does not aspire to lead his country, even though he claimed he would do a much better job than either the current incumbent, Raymond Domenech, or the rumoured heir, Didier Deschamps. “Obviously I would be the ideal person to manage France,” he quipped. “I would be able to put in place a more attractive style. Deschamps would be just a continuation of Domenech. But I don’t want the job and I certainly won’t be offered it.”

Cantona said his preferred place of employment would be Old Trafford or Soho Square. “English football flows through my veins and I would love to offer my vision to the English because it is a very beautiful vision.”

Source: The Guardian

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