“When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.”

—  Eric Cantona

Only comment to journalists waiting for him following the "Kung-Fu Kick Incident" of January 1995
27 January 1995: Cantona banned over attack on fan, On This Day, BBC News, 2007-04-18 http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/27/newsid_2506000/2506237.stm,

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