Cantona still backs flair to beat the system
Posted in News on Wednesday February 8th, 2006 4:30pm
Henry Winter interviews Eric Cantona in The Telegraph:
Cantona loves the ethos of attack and be damned embodied by the club of Rooney and Ronaldo. “Since the club were created, Manchester United are strong, and always have the same kind of [creative] football,” said Cantona. “They take a player at 14, who they know has the ability, the skill and the strong personality to play for Manchester United.
“I love Rooney as a player. But I am a bit worried. Rooney can become the best player in the world at 25, 26, if he knows that in football you need to be strong, train hard, go to bed early, be careful what you are eating, what you are drinking, what you do in life. That is very, very important. All the best players in the world knew all the time these kinds of things are very important.
“If he realises that at 25, 26, then Rooney will be in the best three players in the world. At the same time, I am a bit worried, that at 25, 26, he could be out of the best teams, out of England, out of the best 100 players. Completely out. I am sure Alex Ferguson is very strong and will help. Rooney is still young. But somebody needs to say it to him. The last time I saw him I wanted to say it but I saw him only quickly.”
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