"It's funny isn't it... sometimes we forget that you're just a man". These are the words spoken by Steve Evets' down-to-earth postman to the Manchester United legend in Ken Loach's brilliant film Looking For Eric.
It crystallises how the enigmatic Frenchman is viewed by the Old Trafford faithful: he has transcended being described as a mere ‘great footballer’ and is instead something much more – some kind of metaphysical apparition straight out of a Cormac McCarthy novel.
But it is a mystifying reputation that has been well-earned. In a moment of glory following his stunning chip against Sunderland in 1996, instead of racing off to wildly celebrate like anyone else would, he instead pauses.
He digests the moment, and thoughtfully observes the adoring masses. His adoring masses. In a moment of rage on the pitch, he kung-fu kicks a member of the crowd.
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