Rest in peace to the king of all kings, the boy wonder, the legend, Pelé.
Here is everything you need to know about just how great he was, and the common misconceptions surrounding him.
A thread, in his honour.🧵👑⚽️
According to Opta data, Kyle Walker has faced 21 1v1’s in the Premier League this season, losing 18 of them, a 14% success rate, one of the worst in the entire league.
It’s crazy, Thomas Müller had 10 goals, 6 assists and a winners medal across two world cups at the age of just 24.
Aged 33, two world cups later, two group stage exists, not a single goal contribution more.
He could’ve obliterated all the World-cup records.
A captain with great understanding of the game, tactically intelligent, technically brilliant and leading by example >>>> A loud, shouty, shite , tough man act footballer 👍
I completely understand when people would say ‘that’s not how it works’ etc, but with Klopp and that 2018-2022 Liverpool side, the amount of trophies won honestly doesn’t do justice to how astonishingly good they were.
In Ronaldo’s phenomenal Balon D’or winning 2007/08 season, he had 20 G/A by the time the new year came around.
In Henry’s best season in 02/03, he was on 27 G/A at this stage.
Haaland’s record breaking 22/23 season, he was on 30 G/A.
Mohamed Salah is on 37 G/A.
Yikes!
Erling Haaland is on course to score the most non-penalty goals ever seen from a Premier League player in a single season.
Here’s how he compares to the 100+ times a Premier League player has scored >20 non-penalty goals in all comps.
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For obvious reasons, but I don’t think a lot of todays young football fans quite grasp the insanity of the Figo to Madrid transfer saga.
Literally the best player in the world directly joining his clubs biggest rivals, after promising he wouldn’t.