Pele is going to make a comeback apparently, from the Guardian: GETTING HIMSELF UP FOR A COMEBACK Football has given us many poignant gestures over the years: Alex Ferguson naming Stuart Kennedy on the Aberdeen bench for the 1983 European Cup Winners' Cup final even though the midfielder had suffered a career-ending knee-knack in the semi-final; Robbie Fowler lifting his jersey to express solidarity with striking docks workers; the FA appointing Steve McClaren England manager just for a laugh. But no symbolic move that the Fiver can remember, after up to three seconds of vague thought, has offered the twin-merit of paying tribute to a deserving cause while simultaneously settling a long-running argument. But that could be about to change. The president of Brazilian club Santos plans to register Pele to play in the 2011 World Club Cup, giving the legendary player the chance to finally complete a hat-trick of world club trophies and, while he's at it, show that upstart Leo Messi who's really king. "It struck me that Pele was a three-time world champion [1958, '62 and '70] with the national team but only twice with Santos ['62 and '63]," reasoned Luis Alvaro de Oliveira Ribeiro, the Santos prankst ... sorry, president, before explaining that Pele will have to properly earn the title: "Pele was positive and promised to train to get fit and participate for a few minutes," Ribeiro told Radio Globo, possibly while telling an old lady to make her own damn way across the road. So far the confirmed participating teams in the December shindig are Santos, Barcelona, Auckland and Monterrey. While it's possible that Pele's run-out will be towards the end of a 43-0 victory over the Oceania champions, what the Fiver suspects will happen is that they will hold Pele back until the clash with Barcelona in the final, when he can show once and for all who is the best player of all time. Sure, he'll be 71, but class is permanent and, anyway, the first yard is in your head. On the other hand, this isn't going to end very well at all, is it?
