Martin Edwards: ‘Modern owners not protective of game, it's all about winning’

Then, the Premier League finally announced the conclusion of its case against Manchester City, where it found the club ‘guilty of all charges related to serious breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules over a nine-season period, and the majority of charges in relation to its failure to co-operate with the League’s investigation’. City retaliated with statements insisting their innocence.  

It has made this week’s United Unheard podcast a must-listen. Recorded in July, former United chairman Martin Edwards spoke about the club’s decision to suspend Eric Cantona in January 1995 following a kung-fu kick on a Crystal Palace fan.   In the podcast, Edwards listens to an interview of his from the time, where he explains that ‘Manchester United is better than Eric Cantona, and the game of football is bigger than Manchester United’.