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Old footballer training with the French (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pele

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'old footballer' is the definition.
'pele' can be an answer for 'footballer' (Brazilian footballer Pele). I'm unsure of the 'old' bit.

'training with the french' is the wordplay.
'training' becomes 'PE' (Physical Education).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'pe'+'le'='PELE'

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(Other definitions for pele that I've seen before include "great forward" , "Brazilian World Cup footballer" , "Brazilian footballer of renown" , "Brazil's hero" , "Former Brazilian footballer" .)

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