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  • By: Claude Boli
  • Narrated by: David Doma
  • Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
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Summary

Cantona the legend. Cantona the enigma. Cantona the king.

Eric Cantona was at Manchester United for just five years, yet his legacy and influence endure. Over that period, he became the first foreigner to be voted best player by sports journalists, was crowned player of the century by the team’s supporters and voted the most emblematic player in the Premier League during its opening decade. The Frenchman fascinated both fans of the game and those who know nothing about football, yet to a large extent he is an enigma, a hugely popular player who showed mercurial talent on the pitch, but one who remains almost unknown away from it.

Claude Boli met Cantona at the very beginning of his playing career in France, when he was a teammate to Boli’s brothers, Basile and Roger. They shared an apartment, passions for music, literature, art and, of course, football. In 1992, Cantona moved to Manchester, where Boli was studying at the university. They spent virtually all their free time together and Boli attended almost every match Cantona played at Old Trafford, rubbing shoulders with Alex Ferguson, Sir Bobby Charlton, George Best, David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and others.

Boli was there for the aftermath of the infamous kung-fu kick, to hear his thoughts on his fellow players, how the club was run, his relationship with the manager, his hopes and fears. Cantona said that if anyone was to write a book on him, it should be his friend Claude Boli. In The King and I Boli gives us unparalleled insight into Cantona the footballer, Cantona the friend and Cantona the man.  

©2022 Claude Boli (P)2022 Simon & Schuster, UK

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Allô allô. I shall listen not even once.

I just couldn’t finish this. 6 hours in and the delivery of the narrator had completely lost its original charm becoming grating and a distraction from the storyline; the strange breaks in the phrasing made it maddening and awkward to follow. It just didn’t work for me. Which is a shame as I was keen to read this book and now I will have to buy it and go old school and read it with my eyes.


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Fantastic, I remember the time so we’ll the hairs on my neck would stand up

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