'The end of a career is like dying. Cristiano Ronaldo still thinks he's 25' - Samuel Luckhurst interviews Eric Cantona
He is clad in triple denim, bespectacled and bearded. For Manchester United supporters, the 'He' might as well be capitalised.
"I think it's a necessary exhibition in this crazy time," he says softly. "It seems to be a crazy world, crazier every day. Everywhere in the world. Football has not stirred Cantona since his final months with United in 1997 and even on their coronation day, a fourth title in five seasons, his body language was hauntingly incurious. So rather than readily discuss United's form or Saturday's derby, Cantona segues into an incongruous diatribe about Henry Kissinger's support for General Pinochet and Operation Condor, a covert operation to silence political opponents.
One is suddenly so engaged I am relaying my own rudimentary knowledge of American history and Kissinger advising Richard Nixon. Cantona retired on the eve of his 31st birthday. Cristiano Ronaldo, 38 in February, has been raging against the dying of a light that has gone out, accepting the only offer on the table from Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr.
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