US President, Donald Trump, has snubbed the iconic duo of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, as he weighed in on the debate over the greatest footballer of all time.
According to Trump, Pele is the best player to ever grace the game.
The American president attended Sunday’s Club World Cup final between Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea in New Jersey.
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.”
