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The essential & principal cause of Eric Cantona's english success is Scottish and names Alex FERGUSSON... history of 2 natures made to get along...
He is the one & only to have succeeded where all the other coaches (french) failed. What is his secret? He just saw in Cantona (as in any of his other players) the man before the player... he is the only one which understood the man...
The keys of Fergusson's success, in this story which will have lasted 5 seasons and taken the club at the top of the European football, are just respect & freedom...
Respect, first, for the man. The first quality of Alex Fergusson is to be very human and very near to his players. Considering the position & the dimension of the club, I do not think that one can speak about a family-club, but Fergusson's method created despite everything a very good climate within the group.
For proof, let us just notice that if the players remain also so long in this club, it is that there is obviously other things that just money. It is quite simply that the players feel themselves there well...| arrival | age | nb of match | goals | |
| Eric Cantona (05/24/66) | 1992 - 1997 | 38 | 182 | 80 |
| Peter Schmeichel (11/18/63) | 1991 - 1999 | 41 | 392 | 1 |
| Deniw Irwin (10/31/65) | 1990 - 2003 | 39 | 517 | 33 |
| David Beckham (05/02/75) | 1993 - 2003 | 29 | 384 | 84 |
| Nicky Butt (01/21/75) | 1992 - 2004 | 29 | 386 | 24 |
| Ryan Giggs (11/29/73) | 1991 | 30 | 591 | 122 |
| Roy Kean (cap.) (08/10/71) | 1993 | 33 | 421 | 47 |
| Olegunar Solskjaer (02/26/73) | 1995 | 31 | 326 | 115 |
| Paul Scholes (11/16/74) | 1993 | 30 | 415 | 115 |
| Gary Nevill (02/18/75) | 1993 | 29 | 435 | 6 |
| Phil Nevill (01/21/77) | 1995 | 27 | 352 | 8 |
Freedom, then, for the player. A creator, an artist of the ball like Cantona must above all feel in confidence to be free, free to make, free to create his art as good it seems to him. Like he says it so well: "Confidence involves freedom, freedom the perfection and the perfection genious creativity...".
And indeed, Cantona during the 5 seasons he spent with United, he reached the perfection by subjugating a whole city, a whole area but also part of the planet. Man Utd counts fans all around the world.
In Europe of course (Spain, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, France, Poland) but also, which is more surprising in the United States (yes sir!) where the football is not really a major sport, in South America and even in Asia (Hong Kong i.e).
And all around the world, fans are unanimous in connection with the influence of the King on United's team. The public of Old Trafford even elected Cantona Manchester's best player ever...
(Cantona)
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