Eric Cantona » Thierry Henry

Cantona: I would have hit Henry

Linus — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:00:15 +0000

Eric Cantona says he would have hit Thierry Henry if he was one of the Republic of Ireland players cheated of their World Cup spot.

Cantona said: “What shocks me the most quite frankly, is not the hand-ball.”

“What shocks me the most is that this player, at the end of the game, in front of the TV cameras, went to sit down next to an Ireland player to comfort him – when he had just screwed him.”

Cantona could not believe Henry continued to sit and chat with Republic of Ireland defender Richard Dunne at the end of the match after his handball set up William Gallas for the goal which ended Ireland’s World Cup dream in Paris.

Cantona, infamous for his kung-fu kick at a fan, added: “If I had been an Irishman, he wouldn’t have lasted three seconds.”

Hansen: Ronaldo bigger than Cantona

Linus — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000

Liverpool legend Alan Hansen claims Manchester United were inevitably going to miss Cristiano Ronaldo because he believes the Portuguese winger is the Premier League’s greatest ever player. Hansen suggests the current World and European player of the year was even better than Eric Cantona and Arsenal legend Thierry Henry.

Hansen told the BBC: “I tipped Liverpool to win the Premier League before the start of the season.”

“This was not a prediction based on old Anfield loyalties – it was based on the evidence of what I had seen from Liverpool in the last three months of last season.”

“Liverpool had enjoyed good results against the other top four sides while Manchester United were inevitably weakened by the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo.”

“People talk about Eric Cantona and Thierry Henry, but Ronaldo was the biggest player ever in the Premier League, so United were never going to replace what he gave them.”

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Linus — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 06:47:51 +0000

Cantona: I should have been English

Linus — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 14:45:29 +0000

Eric Cantona has declared how he wished he was English and that Malcolm Glazer was ‘propping up a bar somewhere’.

“I should have been born English,” Cantona said. “When I hear God Save the Queen it can make me cry. Much more than I cry when I hear La Marseillaise. I think Thierry Henry is a bit like me – he understands the English mentality. He gets it.”

Though Cantona admires Henry, he refused to answer questions about his country’s chances in next summer’s World Cup. He was happy to instead praise Brazil and belittle key members of the France side that won the 1998 finals without him, the captain Didier Deschamps and centre-back Marcel Desailly.

“Ronaldinho is the kind of player who makes kids dream. Kids aren’t going to walk around with Deschamps or Desailly on the back of their shirts, are they? If there were only players like Deschamps and Desailly around, there would be about 10 people who’d bother to take up professional football and they’d be their cousins and nephews.”

Cantona backed Sir Alex Ferguson to turn Manchester United around, saying. “He’s a monument. All big clubs go through difficult spells, but Manchester United will be back. Alex Ferguson has been through tough times before and knows what it takes to come through. Give him time and maybe he’ll be European champion again.”

Cantona is unimpressed that Ferguson’s fate is in the hands of an American millionaire in his first season in charge. “Glazer is a guy who looks more like he should be propping up a bar somewhere, or perhaps a bar owner. I just hope he has the humility to let other people make the decisions. People who know about football.”