Brazil and Santos Legend Pele Celebrated His 71st Birthday in London.

Pele celebrates 71st birthday and Premier League is best in Europe, Sylvester Stallone was my toughest opponent & Lionel Messi is an incomplete player and the 'The King' was in the English capital to launch his new sports lifestyle collection, bringing out the stars and a number of eye catching quotes in the process.

Brazil and Santos legend Pele celebrated his 71st birthday in London in typical outspoken style this week hailing the Premier League as Europe's top division branding Lionel Messi an incomplete player and i would love to play with Lionel Messi is an incomplete player because he cannot use his head for also i played football for 20 years and Messi has only played for several years.

Pele was speaking at a special drinks reception held in London's Covent Garden to mark his 71st birthday to a guests including Rio Ferdinand, brother Anton ex-Bayern Munich and Barcelona stalwart Patrick Andersson and Pele's 1970 World Cup opponent Terry Cooper formerly of England and Leeds United and the brazil's leading all-time goalscorer said he was delighted to be in England and hailed the country's top-flight division to the English Premier League is the best league in Europe, better than La Liga.

The Barnes said, Alex is one of the best young players in the English Premier League to he made his debut at the 16 and if he achieves a fraction Pele did he will have a fantastic career for a everyone remembers Pele's Brazil teams from 1957-70 and the World Cup victories of '58, '62 and '70 and Only a few things are memorable from my childhood the Apollo moon landings, Muhammad Ali's boxing fights and Pele on behalf of the PFA, we are delighted to present this award as a symbol of our esteem as a birthday present Pele was presented by PFA Deputy Chief Executive Bobby Barnes and Arsenal youngster Alex Oxlade Chamberlain with a special lifetime award to a 18-carat gold-plated football boot.