Pele is still the GOAT ahead of Messi, Ronaldo – Oliseh

Former Nigeria coach, Sunday Oliseh, has insisted that Brazil football legend Pele is the GOAT.

According to Oliseh, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo cannot compete with him.

With the World Cup coming to an end in Qatar, there has been debate on who between Lionel Messi of Argentina and Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo is the best player of all time.

Messi helped Argentina to lift the trophy in the Gulf nation after defeating France 2-0 in the final while Ronaldo’s Portugal failed to go past the quarter-finals after losing 1-0 against Morocco.

The 48-year-old Oliseh, who played 63 international matches for Nigeria and scored three goals, was asked to pick the best between Messi and Ronaldo and he, instead, settled for Pele, who played for Santos and New York Cosmos.

“This is what everybody is getting inspiration from to excel in their football careers. His name is Pele. He is the greatest player of All Time, GOAT. You cannot win three World Cups, and anybody will want to compete with you,” Oliseh told Arise TV as quoted by Daily Post.

“I know people, especially the young ones, will not be happy with my choice, but those of us who are elderly can identify with him.”

Pele was regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and labelled “the greatest” by Fifa. He was part of the Brazilian national teams that won three World Cup trophies in (1958, 1962, and 1970).