Eric Cantona Thinks Javier Pastore Is The Best Player In The World Right Now

Chris Wright

14th, April 2015

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By Chris Wright

Eric Cantona is not a man to be swayed by the faddy and fickle winds of fashion. He cares little for your zeitgeist. He has his own, merci beaucoup.

Addressing the press ahead of the upcoming Laureus Sports Awards in Shanghai, Cantona was asked who he thought the best player in world football is at this very moment.

Eschewing the usual suspects (Messi, Ronaldo et al), Cantona tousled his wiry beard, took a few moments to compose himself, adjusted his flat cap and proceeded to stride manfully off the beaten path.

“For me, the best player in the world is Javier Pastore,” he replied.

“I watched two PSG games just to see him play. For me, he is the most creative player at the moment.

“Pastore is full of surprises. I love this kind of player.”

Just for the record, Pastore has a grand total of three goals and five assists for PSG so far this season – though of course greatness is not measured in these things alone.

Eric also has some interesting thoughts about Spain’s World Cup victory in 2010, in that they didn’t win it at all:

“Catalonia won that World Cup. Spain won it with 10 Barcelona players in the team.

“Spain did not win the World Cup, Catalonia did. Barcelona won it.”

There you go. Who are we to argue?

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  1. Geraldo says:

    Indeed. If West Ham fans can continue to perpetrate the myth that they won the World Cup in 1966 with three players in the England side, you can’t really take issue with Eric.

  2. Kingsland101 says:

    It pretty much was won by the Catalans. Their own team at the time was basically the Spain team, which was basically the Barcelona team.

    Plus Pastore is an amazing player, 1 game in 6. He’s got the ability, just not the consistency in any way.

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