cantona's classic famous saying can be interpreted in many ways, but relatively speaking, the most obvious thing is that he is surrounded by the media, making an analogy with hungry seagulls around fishing boats.

The fishing boat, metaphorically speaking, is cantona himself, and magnified, it is a star figure;

seagulls are metaphors for the public and the media.

The public's eyes are drawn by the media, closely surrounding the stars, eager to gouge out a piece of meat from the stars to satisfy their selfish desires, even at the expense of themselves to gain more exposure.

cantona didn't explain this sentence, and perhaps only he knew what he really thought when he said it.

Extended information:

The kick of Manchester United's King Cantona:

On January 25th, 1995, in the Premier League of Manchester United's 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace Football Club, cantona was sent off in the 49th minute of the game for revenge against Crystal Palace defender Richard Shaw. Just as cantona left the game, a man named Matthew was sent off.

After the kick-in, cantona was banned from Manchester United for four months, but the FA later extended cantona's ban to eight months. The criminal court also sentenced cantona to two weeks' imprisonment and fined him 2, pounds, but cantona later reduced the imprisonment to 12 hours' public service work through appeal.