They’d played under themselves at the end of the previous whereas Leeds had played above themselves to win the league at the last. United were expected to benefit from that but, by the autumn, things had started to drag. The goals had dried up and United clearly needed a striker. Everybody said David Hirst from Sheffield Wednesday; nobody said Eric Cantona from Leeds.
I remember with Eric, he was a real figure of intrigue because he was so popular with Leeds fans. They released a song about him and produced huge batches of Cantona T-shirts – which they had to give to Romanian orphanages when he joined United – and he was also clearly a very good player.