Former Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson rejected the opportunity to sign Zinedine Zidane.
Consistent with then United chairman Martin Edwards, the Scotsman decided to not sign the then 22-year-old because he played inside the same position as Eric Cantona.
When Zidane was at Bordeaux, Les Kershaw, the chief scout, was telling me you should be curious about him and I mentioned it to Alex said Edwards.
Alex said that Eric Cantona had also mentioned Zidane to him but Alex felt Zidane played inside the same position as Eric.
Consistent with then United chairman Martin Edwards, the Scotsman decided to not sign the then 22-year-old because he played inside the same position as Eric Cantona.
When Zidane was at Bordeaux, Les Kershaw, the chief scout, was telling me you should be curious about him and I mentioned it to Alex said Edwards.
Alex said that Eric Cantona had also mentioned Zidane to him but Alex felt Zidane played inside the same position as Eric.
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Having gone over to France to persuade Eric to re-sign for those, following the Crystal Palace incident when Cantona was banned for eight months after clashing having a football fan at Selhurst Park in 1995, he felt that, if he‘d brought Zidane in, it might have affected Eric's position, so he stuck with Eric.
Zidane eventually signed with Juventus. He spent five years in Italy, where he won the Ballon D'Or, before moving to Real Madrid in 2001.
Having gone over to France to persuade Eric to re-sign for those, following the Crystal Palace incident when Cantona was banned for eight months after clashing having a football fan at Selhurst Park in 1995, he felt that, if he‘d brought Zidane in, it might have affected Eric's position, so he stuck with Eric.
Zidane eventually signed with Juventus. He spent five years in Italy, where he won the Ballon D'Or, before moving to Real Madrid in 2001.
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