The former Man Utd star names the only player who was treated different from everyone and was like a son of Sir Alex Ferguson
The 90s must feel like a long time ago for Manchester United fans, but they had sufficient success during the management peak of Alex Ferguson to last a lifetime.
Man UTD was the dominant force at the start of the Premier League, winning the title six times between 1992 and 1993 and 1999-00.
They won the double by adding the FA Cup in 1994 and 1996, then did better by winning the Champions League to top a famous triple in 1999.
The winger and former young player of the year PFA, Lee Sharpe, won the triple winner of the Premier League with the Red Devils and played for Leeds United, Sampdoria and Bradford City before liquidating his career with a series of short spells in an eclectic club handful.
Sharpe played nearly 200 championship games for United in the first division, then the Premier League, but ended up in competition with Ryan Giggs to be Winger de Ferguson at the first choice.
In 1992, a famous telephone call from Ferguson led to the addition of another star player to the ranks of United.
Fougueux French midfielder Eric Cantona was signed by Leeds and is widely considered one of the greatest players to appear in the Premier League.
In a recent interview, Sharpe revealed that Cantona benefited from special Ferguson treatment.
“He was more than a pet of a teacher, and he was like a son lost for a long time in Sir Alex,” said Sharpe Fourfourtwo.
“Eric was treated completely different in the locker room … It was incredible to look at, but quite funny. We were very satisfied because at the end of the day, Eric was phenomenal.”
Cantona was a remarkable player and a born artist who suspended the spotlight in a United team which won three of the first titles of the Premier League.
He constantly attracted the headlines, never more than following the infamous incident after his red card against Crystal Palace in 1995 which led to a ban on eight months and a group of community service.
‘We will take care of you’
“Anyone else, they would have had the bag immediately in the locker room after the match,” said Sharpe, who was in the starting alignment for the match at Selhurst Park.
“With Eric, the manager had an arm around him and said to him:” Don’t worry, we’re going to take care of you “, and they certainly did it and brought him back, and he was brilliant.”
Cantona returned against Liverpool in October 1995 and ended the 1995-1996 season by scoring against the same opposition in the FA Cup final, finishing its second double in league and cup.
He was elected player abroad from the decade for the first ten years of the Premier League.
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