Last week Icons completed its fourth private signing session with Manchester United legend Eric Cantona.
Icons travelled to Paris to meet with the mercurial Frenchman, where he signed a new range of shirts and photos for us.
Le King put his name to a replica 1996 FA Cup final shirt commemorating the May day when his solitary strike sent arch rivals Liverpool to 1-0 defeat at Wembley.
He also signed two new photographs for our Cantona range. The first shows him, arm aloft, having inspired Manchester United to a vital win over Wimbledon. Newcastle led United by 12 points and this victory began the fightback as they defied the odds to claw back the deficit.
The second is from the same season, and shows Cantona and Roy Keane celebrating Eric's sixth-minute strike against Manchester City in April that year which put United neck and neck with Kevin Keegan's Newcastle. The Geordies crumbled under pressure and Fergie's young side went on to achieve an incredible double.
Fergie had offloaded Mark Hughes, Paul Ince and Andrei Kanchelskis in the summer leading Alan Hansen to remark famously that "You'll never win anything with kids." But a youthful team including Ryan Giggs, David Beckham, Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt and the Neville Brothers spectacularly proved him wrong.
Check out the icons shop now to buy these superb items of sporting memorabilia.
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2009: A great year for football memorabilia... I'm not a United fan, but he was incredible. I loved the way he kung-fu'd that fan. Any chance of a signed photo of that! LOL
ReplyDeleteCantona was such a legend. With footballers today being so damn dull, it makes you miss someone with some actual personality.
ReplyDeleteWow - impressive signing!! What is Le King really like? Fergie's best-ever buy and United's best player, there really is no contest. For me, this is the ultimate piece of signed merchandise. But I am interested to know - what is the dream item of merchandise for those of you at Icons??
ReplyDeleteI'd love to see him back in the game. He's talked about managing United once Fergie leaves. Get Mourinho back in the the country and those two would have some good match ups...
ReplyDeleteImagine the mind games. The soundbites would be priceless...
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