Cantona Was The Biggest Revolutionary In The Premier League Cox Credits Foreign Influence With Changing English Football
Zonal Marking’s Cox has released a new book chronicling the tactical changes throughout Premier League history, and spoke to Goal about the evolution of tactics in the English top flight. Cox believes Cantona was a literal gamechanger for the league, telling Goal: “Probably the biggest revolutionary in the Premier League was Eric Cantona when he joined Manchester United. “He just changed the way they played football. They used to be very 4-4-2, playing wide, getting crosses into the box....