Watch: Eric Cantona The Master Of Kung Fu Kicks
At an FA hearing, he tells each panel member one-by-one: "you are an idiot" and flees to Leeds.
But he falls out with his manager and faxes a transfer request, beginning: “The salmon that idles its way downstream will never leap the waterfall.”
They flog him to Man United. pic.twitter.com/p4jNVQFNpm
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He helps United win a first title in 26 years, but things turn ugly when he's sent off in Turkey.
A policeman attacks Cantona from behind with a baton, and Eric is restrained by 6 teammates as he threatens to "kill that fucker".
It's an ominous sign of what's to come… pic.twitter.com/e5A9IoULx6
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In 1995, Cantona is sent off against Crystal Palace.
Hooligan Matthew Simmons charges down to the front row and yells "Fuck off back to France" and "your mum is a French whore".
Cantona launches a flying kung fu kick at him, and follows up with an underrated roundhouse too. pic.twitter.com/r4PkMZTGjB
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Amid public outcry, Eric escapes to Guadeloupe.
But he's followed there by the press, and ends up punching an ITV reporter who photographs his wife.
Then he pops up on French TV promising to "piss in the ass" of journalists and, for some reason, the pope. pic.twitter.com/NB4BGsDhkE
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