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Why didn't Barça sign Pelé?

 Pele is one of the best, if not the best, players in football history. But the big question about his figure is what his career would have been having he had decided to jump into Europe.



The bright star of Brazil's three-time world champion team, 'O Ray' never left his home country to play for any club other than Santos until signing with the New York Cosmos up north in 1975. . American completes his football his league and puts an end to his days as a footballer.

BARÇA OPTION

A few years ago, the great team of the Old Continent sighed when they saw the quality of Pelé in the stadium.

As he explained in an interview with MARCA on 17 December 1966, Barça negotiated to bring the Brazilian star to Camp Nou.

“We started negotiations with Italian Gerardo Zanella, who had an exclusive put option on Pele,” Laudetto explained.

“Negotiations began on November 14, 1965, and on February 23, 1966, our friend Sanella announced that a contract with Pele Santos would cost $1 million and a contract with him would cost $200,000. It was clear that Pele was not for sale and that Santos was selling him at an exorbitant price."

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