Former Manchester United great Eric Cantona has backed
Jose Mourinho’s squad to get back to challenging for top
honours, three years since they last won the Premier League.
“It’s just the beginning. Manchester can still be champions.
Jose Mourinho is a successful manager at a successful club
which this year has succesful players,” the former French
international said in an interview published Wednesday in
Portuguese daily newspaper Publico.
“But this is an extremely difficult championship, full of great
teams and great managers like (Manchester City coach) Pep
Guardiola,” he added.
Since Alex Ferguson retired after winning the league in 2013,
Manchester United have finished seventh, fourth and fifth,
their only major trophy during that time being last season’s
FA Cup.
The club kicked off their league campaign this season with
three straight wins under Mourinho, but slumped to back-to-
back defeats against Manchester City and Watford.
They are in sixth place in the English Premier League table
with 12 points after seven matches.
After the international break, Manchester United travel to
Liverpool on October 17.
Cantona, 50, won four league titles with united prior to retiring
in 1997 at the end of a colourful career in which he became a
cult figure at Old Trafford. He now lives in Lisbon.
