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Man Utd veteran Giggs: Cantona great on and off pitch

Ryan Giggs admits he enjoyed playing with Eric Cantona for Manchester United.

Giggs pipped Cantona to be voted United's greatest ever by an official club poll this week.

On Cantona, Giggs told manutd.com: "Eric was a matchwinner. With him in the team, you always felt he was going to create a chance or score a goal, and he scored so many important ones for us.

"He was a great guy off the pitch too, and really was just one of the lads."

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