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Is Messi the greatest of all time?

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The Myth of South America

The myth of South America exists because it is hard to bring players over from those kind of weeks and have them necessarily work out. Being good in those leagues doesn't necessarily equate to being good in some of the top European leagues. Portugal has been used a lot for, for example, Brazilian players for obvious reasons. And then you often see those players get a move only after they've sort of established themselves. But it's happening again more recently, I think, because there are just outlier players. So Vinicius Jr is a great example of that. Gabriel Jesus, Julian Alvarez himself. This wasn't just like someone being good in a league. This was like this guy is generational

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