SIR Alex Ferguson knew of disgraced Martin Edwards' perversions long before the former chairman's sordid habits were exposed, Kelly reveals. As long ago as 1998, Fergie and the SAS man discussed an incident where Edwards‹who quit last year‹was caught following a woman into a toilet. Ferguson raged: "It's unbelievable. The Press would have a field day." Kelly replied: ŒI know, boss. I must be the only security chief in football who has to try and stop the chairman going into the ladies' toilets." Kelly first became aware of the problem in the Eighties when Edwards visited an SAS barracks to award soccer prizes to soldiers. "Edwards was seen following a soldier's wife into the ladies'," he writes. "The lad concerned was all for tearing Edwards' head off, but I quietened him down." In 1996 United press secretary Ken Ramsden warned him Edwards' visits to the ladies' were "becoming more frequent". Kelly replied: "No problem, I'll keep steering him towards the gents'." He writes: "The chairman's fetish was a source of amusement to the players, but undeniably embarrassing. He seemed to have a compulsion to invade women's space in their most private moments. Eventually his deviations would destroy him." Edwards, 57, was caught with a prostitute in Rio at the FIFA World Club Championships in 2000. Another complaint of a ladies' toilet misdemeanour brought him a police caution. Kelly said: "It seemed sad that a potentially great man will now only be remembered as little more than a pervert." BOOK THEY TRIED TO BAN: Man Utd laid bare Married soccer legend bedded girl in front of clubbers By Jules Stenson, Chief Feature Writer MARRIED Man Utd legend Eric Cantona had a threesome with a porn club beauty and another man on a giant circular bed as a gang of revellers looked on. The lovecheat Frenchman cast his vows to the wind when he visited the wild Paris venue with his ex-SAS minder Michael "Ned" Kelly. Kelly was appointed to look after the soccer star‹recently voted the club's greatest ever player‹following his infamous kung-fu kick on a fan in 1995. In his bombshell new book, Manchester United: The Untold Story, which the club tried to ban, the author also tells how Cantona: VISITED a brothel where all the prostitutes wore numbers for a kinky "pick and mix" game. BEDDED the beautiful and willing wife of a household-name United star. SEDUCED a sex-mad woman employee at a Manchester club. Kelly had little idea what was in store when he was appointed personal bodyguard to 37-year-old Cantona. But he soon discovered the truth about the love-rat star's repeated betrayals of wife Isabelle in a string of debauched encounters. Kelly recalled: "I was out on the town in Paris with Eric when he insisted we end the night at his favourite watering-hole. "We met up with a couple of Eric's friends, who I'll call Pierre and Luc. The club had wall-to-wall porn beaming down from angled TV screens but, in the basement bar, the action was strictly live. "In the centre of the floor was a huge circular bed, so none of the onlookers would miss an inch of the action. Tongue "All one had to do was climb on the bed and wait to be joined by another enthusiastic participant, to have sex while everyone else looked on. "After a few bottles of champagne, one of the club bosses‹a friend of Eric's‹ joined us at the bar. "The man called over a stunning woman he introduced as his wife. The chemistry between her and Eric was electric‹but I thought I was seeing things as I watched her lead Eric and Luc toward the bed. "Eric flashed me a wink and stuck his tongue out like a schoolboy heading for the cream bun counter in a baker's. "ŒWhat the ****?' I asked Pierre. But I was speaking to the back of his head as he was also on his way to the bed wrapped around a tall blonde. "Eric tried to call me over to join in with Luc and his romp. I later discovered the wife was an ex-porn star." Kelly describes the 1997 night out as "the most surreal experience of my life". Cantona‹who has a son Raphael, 13, and daughter Josephine, six, with 38-year-old Isabelle‹moved them to Bar-celona, Spain, after quitting soccer and turning to acting. In the spring of 1999, he invited Kelly for the weekend. "Eric declared we must go out on the town," he said. As usual, after a few drinks, the conversation turned to women and, after a few reminiscences, I stopped Eric in his tracks. "I told him, ŒI know who you were s****ing in my flat when you borrowed it for your secret liaisons'. Eric was dumbstruck. "ŒWho then?' he asked. I named the wife of a former top United star whose car I often used to see parked outside my flat whenever she and Eric met. "He exclaimed, ŒHow did you find out?' ŒIt's my business to know everything, Eric', I told him." Kelly adds: "Eric then drove us to a less salubrious side of town. We went to an underground car park, then up by lift. Three floors later, Eric was knocking at a flat door which opened to reveal wall-to-wall hookers. "The girls were stunning and all had numbered badges. It was like a kinky pick and mix." Cantona selected a girl and led her to a private room. Kelly recalls: "From discussions I'd had over the years with Eric, I knew he had a penchant for slapping women's backsides. Flirting "And from the noises coming from next door, this lady had apparently been very naughty. "After that we headed for his favourite karaoke bar and the reception he got from punters and staff told me he was as popular here as at Old Trafford." ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. 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