By Sportsmail Reporter
Last updated at 12:59 AM on 10th January 2012
Bid: Eric Cantona wants to be president
Manchester United legend Eric Cantona is plotting a stunning bid for the French presidency.
The Old Trafford favourite, who also enjoyed a spell with Leeds, needs to secure the backing of 500 elected officials by the end of February.
Cantona has written to French mayors outlining his credentials and asking for their support.
'This engagement obliged me to speak, more earnestly than usual, but also with a keen sense of my responsibility, at a time when our country faces difficult choices which will be decisive for its future,' said the letter.
In his letter, printed in the Liberation newspaper, Cantona expressed his strong feelings towards the social injustices experienced by the French nation, and by young people in general.
Election candidates will compete in a first round in late April, with the two biggest vote-winners going through to a decisive second round in early May.
Socialist candidate Francois Hollande is currently leading President Nicolas Sarkozy in the polls.
Success: Cantona led Manchester United to glory as a player
Cantona is likely to struggle to get the signatures he needs, and even then he would have virtually no chance of reaching the second round as an individual outsider.
Since retiring from football, Cantona had a spell as captain of the French national beach football team, starred in the film Looking for Eric and was named Director of Soccer at the New York Cosmos.
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Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2084499/Eric-Cantona-wants-French-president.html?ITO=1490
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