New York Cosmos Demands Facing Cantona
A press release dated New York, said 44-year-old Cantona, who retired from football in 1997, would have overall responsibility for issues related to football, Cosmos, which includes the team first proposed.
He will work closely with the former U.S. World Cup star Cobi Jones, who was hired as assistant director of football and an ambassador.
"Together, Cantona and Jones lead the club? Heritage and integrity, while developing and attracting talent in the world-class soccer around the world," the statement said Cosmos.
Contacted by telephone by AFP, club officials declined to disclose further details on the agreement with Cantona.
The original New York Cosmos played from 1971 to 1985, when they were in the forefront of efforts to popularize soccer in America through the signing of stars such as Pele, Franz Beckenbauer and Carlos Alberto.
But after the collapse of the North American Soccer League, the Cosmos fortune quickly disappeared and went into bankruptcy in 1985.
With the increase in the MLS, there have been numerous attempts to revive the club and the second was presented by Pele, 1 August after the former Tottenham Hotspur vice-chairman Paul Kemsley bought the name of the computer and human image.
French Cantona, who won four Premier League titles with Manchester United for his dazzling stint at Old Trafford five years from 1992-1997 was quoted by a statement saying that "he had the honor of joining the club legendary New York Cosmos ".
"E '? He knows a great project, a wonderful project," he said.
"Cosmos are very strong, beautiful, with a great past. L '? This is a kind of mixture of football and art.
"I'm doing everything possible to help us find our way back to number one in the U.S. before, and we will have one of the best clubs in the world in the coming years."