By Seyi Babalola
US President Donald Trump has snubbed the renowned combination of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as he weighs in on the argument over the best football player of all time.
Trump believes Pele is the greatest player ever to play the game.
The American president attended Sunday’s Club World Cup final in New Jersey, which pitted Paris Saint-Germain against Chelsea.
Speaking with DAZN, Trump reminisced about Pelé’s time in the US, when he played for the New York Cosmos from 1975 until he retired in 1977.
He said, “Many years ago, when I was young, they brought a player named Pele to play, and he played for a team called the Cosmos.
“He was the inspiration we had, and this place was packed. It was an earlier version of this stadium, but right here in the Meadowlands, and it was Pele.
“And I would, I’d say, probably go old-fashioned. That’s like saying Babe Ruth, but I would say Pele was so great.”
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