Soccer is the most popular sport on earth, more than 250 million people play and yet somehow the French are the best!
Wow, that's pretty crazy! What makes the French the best?
I guess the English invented the laws of the game, so the French, not being big fans of the English decided they should be better than them at it. The Football association in England wrote the laws in 1863.
I didnt realize that soccer was that old. Who are the best players?
Who is best is a difficult question. Some people like defenders, but I suppose if the point it to score by getting the ball into the opponents goal then the best players have to be goal scorers. That means currently Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and I guess Harry Kane & Mo Salah are the best.
That's pretty cool, which player has had the most scores?
I think its probably Lionel Messi, he has scored the most goals. He is from Argentina but has played for Barcelona all of his life.
How much does that guy get paid?
FIFA, teh federation which governs football has some pretty strict financial fair play rules, so although Messi earns a comical amount of money the team has to be able to pay for it without cash injections from wealthy owners. Despite the high salary he ran into tax problems in Spain and wound up in court.
Oh did he win his court case?