you folks make me chuckle...brainwashing???? if anything, in england there remains and has been in place for many years an anti manchester sentiment, which besets most teams who stay near or at the top of their league, year after year, attracting the best players, winning the most titles, etc etc...
To tell me, or try to tell me, that he is not mentioned as being one of the greats, by whom????? is preposterous. I know literally thousands of fellow supporters in england, hundreds in a manner approaching intimate friendship, and its certainly not as uncommon as you are suggesting that Cantona is referred to as a true great.
And I think Ferguson probably changed his mind about DP as his most coveted and potentially valuable player, after he brough in and nurtured Ronaldo...
But back to my point. Opinions are subjective. your measures may be different to mine. To me Eric Cantona will remain one of my favourite, most highly valued players of history. Yes, i see him as a True Great...
I guess you two have lived in England, around the time of Cantona, and are perfectly positioned to guage his reputation amongst the british supporters?
Either way, it doesn't change my opinion. I love the man, always will do...as i hope to develop such a love for Diego...and in a decade time, maybe longer, if I haven't yet been culled, I will be talking the same way about our brazilian maestro.