Eric Cantona speech: humans 'will become eternal' – unless crime or war intervene

Former star baffles audience at the Uefa Champions League draw by quoting from King Lear, before concluding: ‘I love football’

Given previous form, perhaps it should be no surprise that Eric Cantona has again prompted bafflement with a philosophical monologue loosely based on football. The player-turned-actor elicited furrowed brows from the audience at the Champions League draw with a brief but wide-ranging speech that alluded to science, immortality and war.

Channelling the spirit of 1995, the year he delivered his famous “when the seagulls follow the trawler” speech, the Frenchman kicked off with a quote from King Lear as he accepted the Uefa president’s award on stage at the ceremony in Monaco.

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from Football | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2PlY9IJ