STUART BOLTON recalls when a young Brazilian turned in a virtuoso display…

STUART BOLTON

Unstoppable: Pele celebrates scoring for Brazil in the 1970 World Cup final against Italy

THE pre-season transfer of Neymar from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain for the price of a medium sized planet prompted me to look back at a performance from another Santos old boy that was rated by everyone who saw it as out of this world.
The player in question was, of course, Pelé, the then emerging star of world football.
It was Santos’ golden jubilee in 1962 and, as if to emphasise the p...