Pele does Neymar no favours

THERE’S something a little awkward about the Brazilian reverence for Neymar.

Pele does Neymar no favours

Outstanding prospect he may be, but for Pele to describe him as being “more complete” than Lionel Messi smacks of almost wilful blindness.

Of course, Pele has for a long time eschewed reality for what his audience wants to hear — any credibility he had left surely disappeared when he named El Hadji Diouf but not Tostao in his list of the 100 greatest living footballers.

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