The Beatles were banned from meeting the King at the 1966 World Cup

Carlos Nascimento, head of the delegation of the Brazilian national team At the 1966 World Cup, which was held in the UK, the Beatles were forbidden to meet Pele during the competition.

This strange fact was revealed by the King of Football himself in interviews. The footballer passed away today at the age of 82.

Already a world soccer star, Pele has arrived to compete in the United Kingdom and is much loved by the press and fans. The Beatles, already internationally successful singers, even tried to meet the Brazilian, but Nascimento forbade them.

However, the King did not immediately learn of Carlos’ refusal. On the contrary, he only found out about what happened almost ten years later, when he was already playing American football, as an athlete for the New York Cosmos. The attacker thought that the leader should not know the artists.

Pele was attending an English class at a school, and on one occasion he met John Lennon, who was teaching Japanese at the same institution. Then the singer called the occasion when he and his teammates were forbidden to meet the player in person.

“Look, there’s a history with the Beatles that few people know about. In 1966, at the World Cup, we were center in Liverpool and the Beatles wanted to play with Pele in center. Hairy people wouldn’t play here, no. Pele said in an interview: “These kids won’t make a noise here.”