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Brazil Legend Pele Snubs Cristiano Ronaldo And Lionel Messi In His FIFA 21 Team Of The Year

Brazil Legend Pele Snubs Cristiano Ronaldo And Lionel Messi In His FIFA 21 Team Of The Year

Both Pele and Bastian Schweinsteiger chose to snub Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in their respective FIFA 21 Team of the Year picks.

Adnan Riaz

Adnan Riaz

Brazil legend Pele has revealed that neither Barcelona captain Lionel Messi nor Juventus superstar Cristiano Ronaldo would make his FIFA 21 Team of the Year.

EA Sports has reached that time of the year where fans can cast their votes for the best players to make Team of the Year's final XI.

Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand has already revealed that five Liverpool players would make his Team of the Year, surprisingly leaving out in-form Red Devils star Bruno Fernandes.

And now Pele has also tweeted out his 11 players ahead of Team of the Year's reveal on 22nd January.

The 80-year-old Santos icon revealed that Liverpool shot-stopper Alisson would take his place between the sticks.

Ahead of Alisson is a back four featuring Liverpool star Trent Alexander-Arnold at right-back and Bayern Munich starlet Alphonso Davies at left-back.

Joining the full-backs is a centre-back partnership of Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos and Chelsea defender Thiago Silva.

Pele selected a three-man midfield comprised of Manchester City playmaker Kevin De Bruyne, Real Madrid star Toni Kroos and Liverpool star Thiago.

The three-time World Cup winner snubbed both Messi and Ronaldo as he selected Paris Saint-Germain duo Neymar and Kylian Mbappe.

Joining Mbappe and Neymar in the attacking trio is none other than Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski, who helped fire the German side to a treble last season.

Bayern Munich legend Bastian Schweinsteiger also made the same choice as Pele in leaving Messi and Ronaldo out of his FIFA 21 Team of the Year.

FIFA 21 launched last October for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC.

EA Sports' latest instalment in the popular franchise was later released on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X in December 2020.

Featured Image Credit: PA

Topics: gaming news, Football News, GAMING, Football, Barcelona, Serie A, FUT, Lionel Messi, Juve, Electronic Arts, old lady, EA Sports, Juventus, Pele, FIFA 21, Ultimate Team, FIFA Ultimate Team, Cristiano Ronaldo, La Liga, Barca

Adnan Riaz is a journalist for SPORTbible. He studied for a B.A. in History at the University of York and followed it up with an M.A. in Multimedia Journalism at MMU. Before he started writing about sports, he spent over four years in the gaming press. He has worked for several publications, including Hardcore Gamer, LADbible and the Manchester Evening News. Follow him on Twitter to find out what he is working on next. Got a story tip for Adnan? Email him: [email protected]

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