Brazil legend Pele insists Barcelona forward Lionel Messi must score at least 1283 goals during his career to be crowned the best ever player.
Speaking after his former club Santos beat Penarol 2-1 to lift the Copa Libertadores on Wednesday evening, the 70-year-old told the press: "Messi better than Pele? To get there he needs to score more than 1283 goals."
Pele appeared to hit back at former Argentina coach Diego Maradona who recently claimed Neymar was bad-mannered just like the three-time World Cup winner, after the Santos forward said he could be better than Messi by staying in Brazil, rather than moving to Europe where Real Madrid have been linked with him.
Pele added: "Neymar has great talent. I hope Neymar doesn't end up like Messi, who plays so well for his club but does nothing for his country [Argentina]."
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