N'ọnwa Disemba afọ 1991, mgbe ọ na-agba bọọlụ na Nîmes, ọ tụbara bọọlụ ahụ n'ebe onye ọka ikpe nọ, nke iwe were ya maka otu n'ime mkpebi ya. A kpọrọ ya ka ọ bịa n'ụlọ ikpe nke French Football Federation ma machibido ya iwu maka otu ọnwa. Cantona zara site na ịga onye ọ bụla so na kọmitii na-anụ ya ma kpọọ ya "onye nzuzu". A gbatịkwuru mmachibido ya ruo ọnwa abụọ, Cantona mechara kwupụta ezumike nka ya na bọọlụ na 16 Disemba 1991. Onye nchịkwa mba France bụ Michel Platini bụ onye na-akwado Cantona, ma mee ka ọ laghachi azụ. Na ndụmọdụ nke Gérard Houllier yana onye nyocha uche ya, ọ kwagara England iji maliteghachi ọrụ ya, "Ọ [onye nyocha uche m] gwara m ka m ghara ịbịanye aka maka Marseille ma kwado ka m gaa England" Ajụjụ: Ogologo oge ole ka ekweghị ka onye ọkpụkpọ bọọlụ bọọlụ?
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