PELE CELEBRATES 71ST BIRTHDAY

BRAZIL and Santos legend, Pele, celebrated his 71st birthday in London in typical outspoken style this week, hailing the Premier League as Europe's top division but branding Lionel Messi an 'incomplete' player.The three-time World Cup winner. who is in the UK for the global launch of his new sports lifestyle collection - The Beautiful Tl evolution -told Goal.com, "I would love to play with Lionel Messi. But Messi is an incomplete player because he can't use his head. Also I played football for 20 years, Messi has only played for several years.He added, "If there is one player in the world today I would love to play with it is Neymar."Pele was speaking at a special drinks reception held in London's Covent Garden to mark his 71st birthday, with tests including Rio Ferdinand, brother nton, ex-Bayern Munich and Barcelona stalwart Patrick Andersson and Pele's 1970 World Cup opponent Terry Cooper, formerly of England and Leeds United.Brazil's leading all-time goalscorer said he was delighted to be in England and hailed the country's ton-night division, "The English Premier eague is the best league m Europe, better than LaLiga."
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