The Liverpool coach, who met the Brazilian star, highlights his humility and assures that there is no player greater than him.
Pelé’s death continues to hit the world of football . Although the days pass, sports-related personalities do not want to remain oblivious to the death of the star. Creole football was no less and both active players and ex-footballers expressed themselves before the fact.
Elías Figueroa was one of the first to react. He was also followed by Alexis Sánchez. A few hours later, it was Carlos Caszely, who also shared with Pele. The former striker used his social networks to say goodbye: “A complex year. Rest in peace, oh king the best player ever,” he said after posting a photo with the Brazilian.
Later, during a conversation with Radio Cooperativa, he spoke about their relationship and the memories he has with oh kingand sent a direct message: “If Maradona was great in Argentina and Cruyff was great in Holland (Netherlands), Pelé was great in the world; there is the big difference that marked with the rest of the players. Those who know football know that Pelé was the greatest in history. ”.
The best of history
In addition to standing out in all facets of the game and marking an era, oh king he is the only footballer to have won three World Cups. His image and figure are top notch, there’s no doubt about it, but the discussion about who is the best player in history continues after his death: “No matter what they say to me in the future, Pelé was the best. I won’t forget him “, he said.
In this sense, Liverpool coach Jürgen Klopp assured that there is no one greater than Pelé. The coach met the Brazilian during the 2006 World Cup in an act with Franz Beckenbauer. There, the German received a shirt from the Canarinha with number 10 signed as a birthday present.
“They both showed me that if you’re the most famous person on the planet, you can still be a perfectly normal guy. It’s what I love the most, it’s what I learned as a lesson, it’s something I will never forget. And as a Christian that I am, I don’t think it’s over for him. Now you are going to play football in a beautiful stadium with fantastic players from the past “, condemned the strategist.
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