the footballer several times. a lot of resilience will regret not worshipping him more. i m nota single human being was perfect, far from that. you can complain about a lot of stuff, but as a public figure in brazil, he was huge. he was brazil, anyway. that is the only brazilian that i know that has been identified everywhere, and it is going to be difficult. brazil might never produce a footballer like him. i think the world might never produce a footballer like him. i know there is a huge discussion about lionel messi etc, but when pele was at his prime, when the football was heavier, he made things special. likejohn lennon once said, if rock and roll had to be reinvented, it would have been called chuck berry. if football was
reinvented, it would be called edson arantes do nascimento. arantes do nascimento. interesting to hear you arantes do nascimento. interesting to hear you say arantes do nascimento. interesting to hear you say that, arantes do nascimento. interesting to hear you say that, given - arantes do nascimento. interesting to hear you say that, given the - to hear you say that, given the world cup we have just came out of in the mesmerising skills of messi. whenever we have the debate about whether it is messy, and elder or maradona, it always comes back two whether it is messi, an maradona. it was comes back to pele. he whether it is messi, an maradona. it was comes back to pele. was comes back to pele. he always told me, let was comes back to pele. he always told me, let messi was comes back to pele. he always told me, let messi score was comes back to pele. he always told me, let messi score three - was comes back to pele. he alwaysl told me, let messi score three goals in world
forjoining us here on bbc news. do stay with us, because we have continued coverage here of the death of pele at the debt age at the age of 83. when watching bbc news. simone dias, director the brazil culture centre in the uk, told us earlier how she feels after hearing about the death of the brazilian footballer. for us, it is very sad. we have a very caring image of pele, and is very caring image of pele, and is very effective. i remember when i was a kid, and thinking about pele. i was born in 1976, 1977 was the last time he played. even though i grew up not knowing how he played, i heard so many stories, i saw him playing, i saw his 1000th goal, as
don t see in other countries. this absolute love, notjust obsession, but love for the game, the beautiful game, which is an expression that he popularised. and of course played, i think that was something that brazil was so proud of and continues to be proud of. of course, he is down is the best football player ever, there was always this rivalry between who was always this rivalry between who was better? maradona or pele? but here in brazil there was no question, this is a moment for every brazilian to remember and to mark. thank you very much for it now. katie going through the greats. just as she was coming to the end of that last answer, lionel messi, argentina s captain, the world cup winnerjust a few days ago tweeting, rest in peace, pele. another football great paying tribute to pele and the influence that man has
as messi s. i think we should appreciate that they have graced our lives. i still personally have pele as the number one because of the three world cups. that as the number one because of the three world cups. three world cups. that was henry winter talking three world cups. that was henry winter talking to three world cups. that was henry winter talking to me three world cups. that was henry winter talking to me a three world cups. that was henry winter talking to me a short - three world cups. that was henryj winter talking to me a short while ago. i m joined by former professional footballer, dennis tueart who was signed by new york cosmos in 1978 the year after pele retired. i m reading here, dennis, a wonderful line that you were the man in the kosmos site to replace pele. a very big shock to myself when i decided to go to new york. i knew beckenbauer and pele, decided to go to new york. i knew beckenbauerand pele, i decided to go to new york. i knew beckenbauer and pele,