Pelé was talking at the press launch for Santos" centenary celebrations at the Vila Belmiro and was vocal on the subject.
“Now everyone is talking about Messi, he is a star. But [to be the best ever] he must first become better than Neymar," insisted the three-time World Cup winner. “At the moment Messi is just more experienced."
‘O Rei", or ‘the King", also moved to play down talk of a rift between himself and Argentine Diego Maradona.
“You [journalists] are always saying that I am Maradona"s rival, but it is not true. I was never his rival, and he was a great attacking midfielder," the legend explained.
