Bias much?SAO PAULO -- Pele says Lionel Messi isn't the best player in the world today -- much less of all time.
Pele said Wednesday that young Brazilian striker Neymar is better than the Argentina forward, and reiterated that he doesn't think Messi belongs in the conversation about who is the best player ever.
That debate has long centered around Pele and Diego Maradona, but many have started including Messi after a series of outstanding performances with Barcelona.
Pele, however, said at an event celebrating the centennial of Neymar's club Santos that "there's always this Maradona comparison, saying that he's better than Pele. Now some are saying that Messi is better than Pele. Well, he has to be better than Neymar first, which he isn't yet. He has more experience."The 20-year-old Neymar is seen as Brazil's greatest player at the moment.
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Pele: Neymar better than Messi
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Why does he have to keep opening his mouth? He's basically senile now. 
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Depends which one could do it in the EPL.
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kyro7 wrote:Depends which one could do it in the EPL.
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kyro7 wrote:Depends which one could do it in the EPL.
Oh shit..
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kyro7 wrote:Depends which one could do it in the EPL.
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Shut the fuck up Pele, nuff said.
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I imagine he sits in his rocking chair every weekend, waiting for Messi to score, then he rings up all the newspapers and starts blabbing... time to ignore him. Shame a legend is making such a fool of himself tbh.
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He's right, Messi is a tiny shit shrimp, Shawcross would knock him the fuck out.
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They do say viagra can impair your vision.
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Neymar better than Messi? that is beyond stupid
that is beyond stupid
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Well that's that for Neymar's career. He will now consistently fail to live up to his potential, and his Brazil career will be a disaster. Well done Pelé, well done indeed.
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If anyone could become better than Messi it's Neymar.
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Got to do it at Stoke on a rainy Tuesday night first. 
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So he takes a young, promising but unproven player and basis his own personal projections for said player's future and then holds messi to that standard? That's fucking hilarious. I've got a better one. Messi has to prove that he's better than the sperm in my left nut that I have yet to impregnate an egg with. Dude has massive potential. So until Messi can prove that he's better than my sperm, he doesn't belong in the conversation.
So we're going to have to wait about 30 years to close the book on this convo.
So we're going to have to wait about 30 years to close the book on this convo.
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Pele is a fucking idiot.
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Both would be snapped by the premirship overlord Lee Cattermole 
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Dafuq is Pele smoking?
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Maradona replies to Pelé: "Neymar may be the best in the world, but only if we clear up that Messi is from another planet" via @diarioole
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Jordo wrote:Maradona replies to Pelé: "Neymar may be the best in the world, but only if we clear up that Messi is from another planet" via @diarioole
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Silly that Pele is saying this unless he is losing it mentally. He could probably say that Neymar is the best player that is currently playing in South America but what he has stayed is stupid.
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Maybe he doesn't actually like Neymar and wants him to fail?Laurencio wrote:Well that's that for Neymar's career. He will now consistently fail to live up to his potential, and his Brazil career will be a disaster. Well done Pelé, well done indeed.
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Coverage in the U.S.A. must be pretty bad I think
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People need to stop listening to Pele. The man knows that his words are taken seriously by the entire footballing world and that they'll be analysed. He's a master troll, basically.
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No one listens to him.cheesy wrote:People need to stop listening to Pele. The man knows that his words are taken seriously by the entire footballing world and that they'll be analysed. He's a master troll, basically.
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SBSP wrote:No one listens to him.cheesy wrote:People need to stop listening to Pele. The man knows that his words are taken seriously by the entire footballing world and that they'll be analysed. He's a master troll, basically.
Clearly they do. There are articles and threads made about his comments.
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Ronaldo is excellent.
therefore messi<<
therefore messi<<
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Theo Filippo wrote:Maybe he doesn't actually like Neymar and wants him to fail?Laurencio wrote:Well that's that for Neymar's career. He will now consistently fail to live up to his potential, and his Brazil career will be a disaster. Well done Pelé, well done indeed.
Very possible. Being replaced, even by one of his own nationality, is Pelé's worst nightmare.
