The Frenchman captioned the post with a simple but effective 'Nightmare!', which is how the recipient of Cantona's prank might have felt if he had woken up with only one shoe.

Cantona acheived cult-hero status from his time with Leeds and Manchester United in English football. He is known as King Eric by Red Devils fans having won four Premier League titles, two FA Cups and three Charity Shields in five years.

Thogden witnessed Wayne Rooney's final England cap. Check out his vlog here...