people who transcended sport, becoming a global superstar. earlier i spoke to former england international denis tueart who played with pele at new york cosmos. there was one phrase where clive who was at the kosmos was trying to get in to sign for the con kosmos when he retired from santos and he said if you come to juventus, he retired from santos and he said if you come tojuventus, you could win a championship, if you come to america you could win a country. pele went over there years ago and how much the reaction in the us had been, i thought, how much the reaction in the us had been, ithought, this how much the reaction in the us had been, i thought, this was a good opportunity, i was only 28 and still in england but i fancied a bit of a pioneerjob and went over there, in 1978, to finalise my forms, i am sitting doing reforms and watching a video of the previous year to see what players i m going to be playing with and i looked at the front and said, that fellow, but fellow, and i
when he retired from santos. and he said, if you come tojuventus, you could win a championship, if you come to america, you could win a country. pele went over there years ago and how much the reaction in the us had been, i thought, this was a good opportunity. i was only 28 and still in england, but i fancied a bit of a pioneerjob and went overthere, in 1978, to finalise my forms, i am sitting doing the forms and watching a video of the previous year to see what players i m going to be playing with. and i looked at the front and said, that fellow, that fellow, and i thought there was one player missing from 1977, it was pele and i m going to be playing in 1978, so i am replacing pele, no pressure there! he was a fantastic human being, i played with him one time in an exhibition game at the former cosmos against the current cosmos, and i played pele. cosmos, and i played with pele. he would walk in today and you would think he was your dad. he was such a gentle human being, alway
a record for an english club. a deal might even be done in time for the england star to play in the community shield against leicester city on saturday. the hundred million transferfee would surpass the £89 million manchester united paid tojuventus in the signing of paul pogba in 2016. we will have lots more from tokyo and the olympics in sports day but thatis and the olympics in sports day but that is all for now. fierce fighting between afghan government forces and the taliban are continuing in that the cattle of helmand province. meanwhile, the taliban have now claimed responsibility for a car bomb and gun attack in a high security district in cobble. militants were apparently targeting the home of the defence minister, he was not there at the time. eight people are killed
and in the last hour, andre de grasse has won the men s 200 metres his fifth olympic medal and his first gold. the canadian ran a personal best of 19.62 seconds, finishing ahead of kenneth bednarek and noah lyles of the usa. away from the olympics the first test between england and india is underway this morning at trent bridge. england are notably without ben stokes. india have made a very good start rory burns went for a duck bowled by jasprit bumrah in the first over. england have since lost two more wickets leaving them on 84 for 3. the captainjoe root is currently batting withjonny bairstow. manchester city are closing in on the £100 million signing of aston villa captainjack grealish which would make it a british record. a deal might even be done in time for the england star to play in the community shield against leicester city on saturday. the £100 million transfer fee would surpass the £89 million manchester united paid tojuventus in the signing of paul pogba in 2