King-James
30 Jan 2006, 09:08 PM
Right, but I believe he was seriously considered after both Real and Barca went to scout him in Colombia.
As I said, I could be wrong.
I think you're right. At least in regards to Barca scouting him there.
Though I'm not completely sure, I thought I read that in a book about Barca just a month ago.
FWS93
27 Oct 2006, 02:53 PM
I think you're right. At least in regards to Barca scouting him there.
Though I'm not completely sure, I thought I read that in a book about Barca just a month ago.
DiStefano was Signed by Real & Barca! he was supposed to split 4 seasons between the two clubs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_Di_St%C3%A9fano
milivella
12 May 2007, 03:27 PM
> Pele could have missed all the WC Finals.
> Where would Pele be in the history of the game?
(I'm very late, but the question is intriguing...)
To give my opinion, I begin with the following ranking for the years 1958-94:
1. Pele (8 points)
2. Gerd Mueller, Zoff (7)
4. Maradona, Matthaeus (6)
6. Romario (5)
7. Djalma Santos, Robert Charlton, Krol, Passarella, Rummenigge,
Platini, Paolo Maldini (4)
14. Beckenbauer (3)
Well, Pele is the greatest. But the fact is: this ranking was automatically calculated. How? I gave 4 points to every team winning the World Cup, 2 points to every WC finalist and 1 point to every WC semifinalist. For European Championship, I gave 2 points to the first and 1 point to the second (only half of the great world teams are European). For Copa America, 1 point to the winner (Copa America is played, in theory, twice more frequently than European Championship). Then, for every team, among the players that played at least half of the matches of the final tournament, I took the one with more caps+goals in his international career (this sum is used in the game
Fantasy Scout: http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?p=11526662#post11526662 ).
So what? Players that we consider great are often players who played well in World Cups. So, I think that the doubt "if Pele didn't play at WC finals, he wouldn't be considered the greatest, and maybe neither so great" is founded!