Though he's been retired for 34 years, ask just about anyone (outside of Argentina) who the greatest footballer of all time is and they'll most likely say, "Pele." Including Pele.
But the 70-year-old honorary president of the New York Cosmos isn't just a footballing legend. He's also a world-class third-person speaker, with skills in that field that are about to blow your mind. From Soccernet:
"Nobody did what Pele did," the former striker told CNN. "Being champion of the world at 17-years-old, won three World Cups, scored more than 1,208 goals, only him."
OK. Pele referring to himself as "him" just gave me a nosebleed.
"Then until now nobody did this, to me, Pele is the best. You can mention players that played for 10 years, for example [Franz] Beckenbauer, [Michel] Platini, [Eric] Cantona, Bobby Charlton, George Best, then come [Diego] Maradona, Zico.
"Those players used to play a long time. Now the players they play one year, two years, then disappear."
Yes, remember that one year that Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo played? Whatever happened to those guys? FIFA needs to launch an investigation into this phenomenon of disappearing players. There could be alien forces at work here.
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