Lionel Messi

I had predicted that we would hear > Pele retract his statement that Neymar is better than Messi.

I should have expected the obvious though – that crazy-man Diego Maradona would wade into the issue.

Maradona sarcastically had this to say about Pele’s assessment of Messi:

“My God, that is just stupid. Maybe Neymar is the best player in the world, but only if you say that Messi is from a different planet,” Maradona said.

I rarely take Maradona’s side in anything but I think he’s bang-on here.

Pele’s comment on Messi is stupid.

Everybody knows that right now Messi is the best, right?

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Related > Pele says Messi may not be better than Neymar
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I wonder if somehow Pele was misquoted or perhaps had a few too many glasses of wine with dinner.

Here’s how he responded to a question about Lionel Messi being the best player ever:

“Now everyone is talking about Messi; he is a star. But [to be the best ever] he must first become better than Neymar,” Pele said. “At the moment Messi is just more experienced.”

A curious twist on a question which actually seems to be about Pele and Maradona.

Why does he throw Neymar into the equation?

It is clear to most people these days that Messi is the best player in the world right now.

Even Neymar himself has admitted this.

I’m sure that very soon we’ll be hearing Pele retracting this statement.

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