Pele: Barcelona's Messi just not that great

Pele doesn't regard Barcelona star Lionel Messi as a great player.

The Brazilian legend feels Messi's failures with Argentina are a mark against him.

He told The Sun: "I think a 'great' player is defined by their performances at the World Cup."

"For example, watch Lionel Messi play for Barcelona. He is very good. Exceptional. But for Argentina, he's completely different."

"Compare him to Zinedine Zidane. He won the World Cup and was at the top for 15 years. He was a more complete player than Messi."

"Before Zidane there was Johan Cruyff, Franz Beckenbauer, Michel Platini and Bobby Moore."

"Great players who won World Cups or, in Cruyff and Platini's case, starred in them."