The creation of the Premier League was one of the biggest changes made in the history of English football.
This series of articles will take a look at the history of the Premier League and we're starting off at obvious point. The 1992/1993 season...
Manchester United had been inconsistent since the start of the season and had gone seven games without a win but things were about to change forever.
In November 1992, Eric Cantona signed for Manchester United.
The signing happened when Alex Ferguson was meeting with then Chairman Martin Edwards to discuss the purchase of a new striker.
It was then when Edwards got a call from Leeds Managing Director Bill Fotherby. He was enquiring about the possibility of signing United left-back Denis Irwin. Edwards was quick to rebuff the approach but countered with an enquiry about striker Lee Chapman.
During the phone conversation Ferguson tried to relay a message with frantic hand signals. When that didn’t work, he apparently scribbled the name of Cantona on a piece of paper. Edwards passed-on the request to his counterpart and Fotherby said he would get back to him within 24 hours; just 60 minutes later he had called back to say the deal could go ahead.
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Cantona eventually made his debut in December 1992, coming on as a substitute in a Manchester derby. United won the match 2-1.
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