It's hard to take Pele seriously these days with the quality of stories he's been sharing with the children at your local playground. The Brazilian legend who hates Maradona and would never give him a "lift on a rainy day" (thankfully Kun's got that problem sorted) has attempted to go back on the "Cuando Messi" saga.

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Maradona compares himself to old leather face Keith Richards

Pele recently compared himself to Beethoven and Michelangelo which had Diego Maradona climbing the walls of the Sistine Chapel in outrage. Don Diego and Pele have had this back and forth on who is the greatest footballer of all times.

Football's version of Grumpy Old Men starring Pele and Maradona has yet another episode, this time with Maradona taking issue with Pele's musical analogies.

From Soccernet:

Maradona and Pele have a long history of bickering over who is the greatest footballer of all time, and the Brazilian recently told FIFA.

David Beckham kann ein Fussball-Ästeht sein, aber nur dann wenn er auch will und wenn er die richtige Musik dazu hört. Sobald er Beethoven´s Klassiker "An die Freude" hört, ist für ihn alles perfekt und er legt los. Da ist es dann schon auch gut, wenn man zumindest die Anfangsworte der Ode "An die Freude" [.

David Beckham kann ein Fussball-Ästeht sein, aber nur dann wenn er auch will und wenn er die richtige Musik dazu hört. Sobald er Beethoven´s Klassiker "An die Freude" hört, ist für ihn alles perfekt und er legt los. Da ist es dann schon auch gut, wenn man zumindest die Anfangsworte der Ode "An die Freude" [.

By Chris Wright

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