Quiz! Can you guess 10 correct answers in our Eric Cantona quotes quiz?
When the seagulls follow the trawlermen… wait, that was King Eric, wasn't it?
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No time limit on this one, 10 quotes to guess whether Eric Cantona said them… or someone else did.
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Eric Cantona was good value for a few things: silky skills, brooding looks towards the cameras and pure, unfiltered, French philosophy.
The former Leeds United and Manchester United forward came out with some of the most iconic one-liners that football had ever heard. Most famously, he declared that, "When seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea."
Baffling? Imagine how the media at the time felt, when they were expecting some form of explanation for his Crystal Palace kung-fu kick.
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