Just like watching Barcelona

On a visit to Brazil this week Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness jointly opened a George Best exhibition in Sao Paolo.

Just like watching Barcelona

(Excuse me, but is it just me or are there others who still think such a sentence should only really exist in a parallel universe?) Pele marked the occasion by claiming the Belfast Boy as an honorary Brazilian.

“To me he never looked like a European,” said the great man. “He was a Latin player – a Brazilian player.”

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