Why? We have absolutely no idea. It's the internet.

Eric Cantona and Julian Assange are definitely the strangest workout buddies that we've seen...well, ever, and we're fairly confident that you won't have another one to rival it. 

According to The Independent, the strange training session took place in the Ecuadorian embassy, where Assange is based at the minute, and he seems to be pushing Eric pretty hard to burn off those extra calories, with the help of some sort of fitness tracker. We hope he doesn't have the location settings turned on...

Pic via WikiLeaks on Twitter

The pair were apparently training together to do with an as yet unspecified project that they're collaborating on, but did put the hashtag #counterintelligenceworldcup to the tweet with the picture, so maybe they're starting an alternative to the FIFA tournament? Anyway, here's a clip of them working out.

Via The Independent