Brazilian former football great, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as ‘Pelé’, has pledged to send Lionel Messi a video about himself following comparisons between the pair, and after the Barcelona forward admitted he had never seen the Brazilian play.
Pelé, who retired in 1977 (ten years before Messi was born), has vowed to send Messi a copy of the 2004 documentary “Pelé Forever”, which contains the highlights of his football career playing for Brazil, Santos, and New York Cosmos.
While visiting the victims of the March earthquakes in Japan, the Brazil legend took time to comment on sporting matters and said that he would show Messi an account of his career.
“It is a normal thing when a player is compared to a player from another time period, sometimes he is not interested in the comparison,” Pele told Globoesporte.
“If he really did not see me, I’ll do what I once did with Maradona: I’ll send him the video ‘Pelé Eterno’ and then he will.”
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