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Inside Eric Cantona's transfer from Leeds to Man Utd - by the men who made the deal
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mirror.co.ukEric Cantona’s move to Manchester United was instigated by a phone call from Leeds managing director Bill Fotherby. The mercurial Frenchman's relationship with his manager at Elland Road, Howard Wilkinson, had deteriorated and a parting of the ways seemed inevitable.
But Cantona's destination stunned the football world. “I rang United about Denis Irwin, who had been at Leeds as a young boy,” said Fotherby. “United chairman Martin Edwards said there was no chance but I asked him to at least speak to Alex (Ferguson). “Normally, I wouldn’t have expected him to ring back.
This time he did, offering me a different player I knew Howard would not be interested in. "It was then he asked about Eric. "I said 'No way' and that it was impossible. “Howa
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