7 of the best quotes from the legendary Manchester United number 7: Eric Cantona

#3 Cantona on the commercialist modern day football

SHANGHAI, CHINA - APRIL 14: Former Footballer Eric Cantona of France speaks during a press conference at the Shanghai Grand Theatre prior to the Laureus World Sports Awards on April 14, 2015 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Ian Walton/Getty Images for Laureus) — Cantona speaks at a press conference in Shanghai

"The real fans of football come from the working class. Now they cannot afford to come and watch the game.”

Football is more than just a game now. With over thousand brands sponsoring the sport, it has become a global product that is used as a business by many. Big money signings, commercial deals, you name it. It is for this reason that clubs charge astronomical prices for tickets.

And Eric Cantona is not a fan of this, like every other working class football fan. The Frenchman himself came from a working class family and doesn’t like the way football clubs treat the fans now—like customers—and he depicts his displeasure with this beauty of a quote.

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