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Manchester United morning headlines as Liverpool FC legend makes Eric Cantona transfer claim

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Here are the Manchester United morning headlines for Tuesday, May 12. Manchester United legend Eric Cantona could easily have signed for one of the team's great rivals.

That's according to Graeme Souness, who was Liverpool manager in 1991 - and says that then-France manager Michel Platini asked him to consider signing Cantona.

The incident came after Liverpool played Auxerre in the European Cup Winners' Cup at Anfield in November 1991 – when Platini asked to see Souness, against whom he had played in Italy during the 1980s.

Souness told Sky Sports: “He came in and said, ‘I've got a player for you, he's a real problem in France but he's really talented and he'd be perfect for your club.’ “I said, ‘Look, Michel, I'm fighting fires here at

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