THE (SECOND) CRAZIEST DECISIONS IN FOOTBALL
OK - We all know that the craziest decision ever made in the history of football was the appointment of Sven Goran Eriksson as England manager, or more accurately it was the decision to increase his already ridiculous salary once he'd been caught in talks to jump ship to Chelsea.
So we're looking for the second craziest decision ever made in the history of the beautiful game. The winning entry each month gets a crate of Becks beer. Enter your submission here
The search for the second craziest decision in football
Why the hell did Howard Wilkinson sell Eric Cantona to Manchester United when he had just helped Leeds to win the title? Leeds faded and United went on to become the dominant football power in the land. Surely this decision rates as THE craziest in football???
This is a difficult question to answer without having Monsieur Cantona's or Mr Chapman's lawyers crawling all over us. Suffice it to say that we are in no position to answer this question with any degree of authority... All we can do is point you to some of the more interesting comments made on the Leeds United website (below) and ask you to draw your own conclusions.
It IS true for sure that various songs involving both Eric and Miss Ash were (and still are sometimes) sung by the Stretford End, amongst them:
He's bold, he's brash, he's shagging Leslie Ash, Cantona, Cantona, as well as:
He's French, he's flash, he's shagging Leslie Ash, Cantona, Cantona.
From discussion on the Leeds United Fans website, leedschat.com
Dublin White posted November 28, 2005 09:45
I know this is delving way into the past but I was coming to work this morning and I was thinking about the year Cantona left, the story I was told was that Chapman walked in on him banging Leslie Ash and the senior lads told Wilko they wanted him out - I've never heard a proper reason given by anyone on why Cantona was sold on the cheap to our closest rivals at the time - does anyone have any other theories or do they know what actually happened?
Aga Lout posted November 28, 2005 20:35
I heard from a young lad who used to play with us, that I was good mates with back then, that Cuntona was banging Mrs Chapman and Chapman punched him in the head in the tunnel just before Cuntonas last match with us. That was why Cuntona went off with a head injury half way through his last match. Wilko decided that one of them had to go and it was The French lad that got the boot.
This sounds right to me and fits in with the other bits I've heard - all hearsay of course. I think Lee might have been a bit absent at the time, hence Lessers opportunity for some french action. Don't forget that he's alleged to have slapped her around abit since then - could be something he had to get off his chest.Any road - what was the tribute cuntona made about best - something about god playing at left back - anyone understand that The sardines made more sense to me.......
Lowfields Legend posted November 28, 2005 20:42
The conspiracy theories were very entertaining. Wasn't there another one about him allegedly banging Leslie Silver's daughter?
How about Mourinho's recent decision to sell both William Gallas and Eidur Gudjonssen? Surely time will prove this to be a really crazy decision?!
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