Categories: Football

The day Cantona brought Ibra down to earth: “You will never be the king”

Eric Cantona and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are among the great stars who have played for Manchester United. His egos lives up to his legend. The Swedish striker recounts an episode in which the former French striker brought him down to earth. “One day Cantona told me: 'You cannot be the king of Manchester, you will have to settle for being a prince' “, revealed the Swedish striker in statements to the Italian broadcaster Le lene.

Eric Cantona played for the Red Devils between 1992 and 1997, scoring 82 goals in 185 official games, becoming one of the best players in the history of the Premier League. Manchester United won nine titles during his tenure, and he was voted best player of the championship in the 1993-94 season.

Ibrahimovic's response to the sentence of the former French striker was not wasted either and lived up to what is expected of the Swede's personality. “I don't want to become king, I want to be the god of Manchester,” Zlatan replied.

The Swedish striker played two seasons for Manchester United, from 2016 to 2018, the first of which was interrupted by a torn cruciate ligament suffered on April 20, 2017. in the Europa League quarter-final match against Anderlecht at Old Trafford. With United he scored 29 goals in 53 games and won the Europa League, the League Cup and the Community Shield.

Gabby Barker

Gabby is someone who is interested in all types of sports, she loves to attend watching matches live. Whenever there is a match being played in her city, she makes sure to get the tickets in advance. Due to the love for sports, she joined Sportsfinding, and started writing general sports news. Apart from writing the news, she is also the editor for the website who checks and edits every news content before they go live.

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