Brazilian legend Pele has heaped
praise on Manchester United's
Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez,
arguing that the Mexico striker
could reach the same heights
achieved by Argentine maestro
Lionel Messi in world football.
The young goal-machine has been
in fantastic form in Manchester
since moving from Chivas in 2010,
scoring 20 times in 42 appearances
as the club have gone top of the
Premier League and reached the
final of the Champions League. Pele
had kind words for the 22-year-old,
and saw great things in his future.
"There is no doubt that Hernandez
is a promising player. He is
excellent, I have seen some games
of his on television and he is a
fantastic footballer," the three-time
World Cup winner told reporters at
a press conference held Monday
afternoon.
"He could be the next Messi because
he has great talent; he is a big
surprise just as Hugo Sanchez was
because he is another that scores a
lot of goals.
"We should wait a little, because we
still don't know how he will play in
the Mexican team, but without
doubt, he has huge potential."
Messi also found himself in Pele's
spotlight, but the Brazilian had
rather less complimentary words
for the Barcelona star and fellow
protagonist in the Champions
League final.
"There is a big difference between
Barcelona's Messi and Argentina's
Messi. When Messi plays in the
Seleccion he is not the same
player," he concluded, firing an
early shot in the old rivalry as
Argentina and Brazil prepare to
play the Copa America in July

Bothe players will meet on champions league final this month.
Source: www.goal.com

Nawa for messi o!i thought the boy is 23years and Chicharito is 22.lol.

Irrespective of my manchester united afilliations, it is obvious that Pele talks a lot of dross.
The less the man talks the better.
this is a man who voted Nicky Butt as one of the players of the 2002 world cup.
How can you compare Messi and Hernandez?
They are not similar in any form or shape.
The man should just stick to hawking Viagra.

^^ Actually Nicky Butt was one of England's best players at d World Cup that year alongside Rio Ferdinand who also had a good tournament.

montelik:

^^ Actually Nicky Butt was one of England's best players at d World Cup that year alongside Rio Ferdinand who also had a good tournament.

exactly, besides that, messi does shine in Argentina the way he does at camp nou,
GREAT PLAYERS ARE SEEN BOTH WAYS. CLUB OR COUNTRY,
pele might be right!

Pele don come again.

The same man who said Godwin Okpara would win WPOTY or an African country would win the world cup before 2000