Me managing United would be 'beautiful', insists ex-Red Devil Cantona

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Eric Cantona wants to return to Manchester United as manager and deliver his 'beautiful vision' of football.

United's legendary Frenchman, who left Leeds under a cloud in 1992 before embarking on a five-year love affair at Old Trafford, told Sport magazine that his approach would be markedly different from Sir Alex Ferguson's Hair-dryer antics.

The 42-year-old, who scored 88 goals in 191 appearances at United, said: 'To return to Manchester United would be an honour. A pleasure. But I must do it in my own style. I will create my own new kind of football - a style, a philosophy of football that has never been seen before. Like an artist.'

'I would love to offer you my vision of football. It is a beautiful vision.'

Cantona won four Premier League titles with the Red Devils before quitting football in 1997.

He added: 'One of the reasons I retired was that I lost my passion. I was young, I had a lot of things to learn and do. Now I have started to enjoy these things.

'Acting. Directing. I will go as far as possible with this. When I feel I cannot go further I will do something else. And I think, then, when it is right... I will be a manager. And I will be a manager in my own way.'