Pele: 'I would play for Barcelona'

Former Brazil international Pele says that he would want to play for Barcelona if he were still a professional footballer.

By Matt Law, Football Editor | 14 April 2014

Former Brazil international Pele has revealed that he would want to play for Barcelona in the modern game.

The 73-year-old, who retired from professional football in 1977 after turning out for the New York Cosmos, is widely regarded as one of the best players in the history of the game.

The attacker scored close to 700 times during his time with Santos, while he also won three World Cups with his country.

"I would play for Barca," Mundo Deportivo reports Pele as saying. "I could play for two or three teams but right now I'd choose Barca because their style of play is most similar to the style of play in my day at Santos."

Pele is currently a worldwide ambassador for football.

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C	Real Madrid	34	27	6	1	74	22	52	87
2	Girona Girona	34	23	5	6	73	42	31	74
3	Barcelona	34	22	7	5	70	43	27	73
4	Atletico Madrid Atletico	34	21	4	9	63	39	24	67
5	Athletic Bilbao	34	17	10	7	55	33	22	61
6	Real Sociedad	34	14	12	8	48	35	13	54
7	Real Betis Betis	33	12	13	8	41	39	2	49
8	Valencia	33	13	8	12	37	38	-1	47
9	Villarreal	33	12	9	12	54	55	-1	45
10	Getafe	34	10	13	11	41	47	-6	43
11	Osasuna	33	11	6	16	37	49	-12	39
12	Alaves Alaves	33	10	8	15	31	38	-7	38
13	Sevilla	33	9	11	13	42	46	-4	38
14	Las Palmas Las Palmas	34	10	7	17	30	43	-13	37
15	Rayo Vallecano	33	7	13	13	27	42	-15	34
16	Mallorca	34	6	14	14	27	40	-13	32
17	Celta Vigo	33	7	10	16	37	50	-13	31
18	Cadiz Cadiz	34	4	14	16	23	49	-26	26
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