10 Things Eric Cantona Wants You To Forget

2. He Called The French Manager A €œBag Of Sh*t€

What more can you say about this one. It€™s literally all there in the title. But there is a little more to it. Henri Michel gave Eric Cantona his full international debut in a 1987 match against West Germany. You€™d think that would put Michel in Cantona€™s good books. Seemingly not. After he was dropped from the national team by Michel in September 1988, Cantona used a post-match TV interview to refer to the France manager as a €œbag of sh*t€. In the aftermath of this outburst, Cantona was banned indefinitely from all international matches. Luckily for him, though, it wouldn€™t be long before Michels was fired. Michel Platini would then take over the French team and bring Eric Cantona back into the fold.
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