Al Wasl coach Diego Maradona said that age begins to affect the trial of Pele.
Pele has triggered a debate with his claims that Barcelona striker Lionel Messi will never reach their level of excellence.
But at a press conference on Saturday, Maradona laughed comments, before the age of 71 target.
"This may affect up to an advanced age his thought processes," said Maradona.
"You can not blame the people, he has not done anything for 20 years. I have not even seen in a supermarket. I do not know what he's doing."
"Usually when you see these days, it is only in the ceremony with the president of FIFA and the appearance of a doll that is not driven by remote control," he said.
"His comments are not surprising."
Pele and Maradona later dispute is the latest in a series of mixed recover sensational personal attacks on the media, with Argentine and other South American recipe for his Neymar was a better football player than Messi.
