![]() After being dropped by Michel a year later the fiery Cantona lashed out on national television calling his manager a " bag of shit." He was banned from international football for a year and returned when Michel Platini replaced Michel in charge. 3) "Sac à Merde" (1988) Henri Michel handed Cantona his French debut in 1987 against West Germany and like the man who replaced him in the national team, Zinedine Zidane, he scored in his first game. Years after hanging up his boots at, just 30-years old, the £1.2m signing from Leeds remains an icon on the terraces and was voted the greatest player in the club's history in a 2001 poll. His signing from the Red Devils' great rivals was the final piece in the jigsaw helping United end their 26 year wait for another league title. And everything you love, you fear you will lose." (2004) When Cantona came to Old Trafford in December 1992 the club had been pipped to the league title months earlier by Leeds United in which a certain Frenchman played a key role. 4) "I'm so proud the fans still sing my name, but I fear tomorrow they will stop. Without him Manchester United won nothing. Suspended from football for eight months his absence was keenly felt. Despite all the silverware Cantona mused in an interview that the highlight of his career was the infamous kung-fu kick on a Crystal Palace fan in January 1995. In just six seasons in English football the talismanic Frenchman won five league titles, two FA Cups and the lifelong adoration of Manchester United supporters. Whilst his Manchester United team-mates were reading the tabloids, playing cards or Gameboys on the team bus Cantona was sitting alone reading classic French literature quipping, "I didn't study, I live." As such it perhaps wasn't a surprise that he walked away at his peak citing lack of motivation and desire to try new things adding, "I'm proud of what I achieved there, but life on memories is not much of a life." And when they no longer play football, they no longer do anything they no longer exist, or rather they have the sensation of no longer existing." In an era when foreign players were the exception and not the norm Cantona stood out in English football for his ability on the pitch and demeanour off it. It's not an action movie that you might go to to relax." He added, "I like making films that I find interesting and intellectually challenging." 6) "Often there are players who have only football as a way of expressing themselves and never develop other interest. Playing an obese man in L'Outremangeur (The Overeater) the actor said in 2003, "This is quite an elitist film and I'm not sure that every Manchester United fan would like it. I don't want to be in Hollywood." (2003) During his successful playing career Cantona admitted that, "I wanted to act even when I was still playing football." Although his kung fu skills would make Cantona suitable for an action movie the prospect of him squaring up with Arnie was ruled out by his desire to star in arty French films instead. 9) "After his first training session in heaven, George Best, from the favourite right wing, turned the head of God who was filling in at left back." (2005)ħ) "I don't want to be in Terminator. ![]() A French based movement has pledged to a mass withdrawal of savings from banks on December 7th. Three million, 10 million people, and the banks collapse and there is no real threat." His message has gathered momentum but has been questioned by economists who have said such a tactic would mean banks quickly run out of cash and require further Government intervention. "This means that the three million people with their placards on the streets, they go to the bank and they withdraw their money and the banks collapse. ![]() A real revolution" (2010) Wading into the global financial crisis the footballer/philosopher/actor has sparked an online campaign calling for a " real revolution." Cantona has called for a mass withdrawal of funds from banks by the tens of millions of people affected by the recession around the globe. So it must be destroyed through the banks. What's the system? The system is built on the power of the banks. 10) "The revolution is really easy to do these days.
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