Persons who put a famous footballer out of work (6)
I believe the answer is:
people
'persons who put a famous' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'footballer out of work' is the wordplay.
'footballer' becomes 'pele' (I have seen 'Brazilian footballer ' mean 'pele' so perhaps 'footballer' could also mean 'pele').
'out of' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'work' becomes 'op' (abbreviation for opus).
'pele' placed around 'op' is 'PEOPLE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for people that I've seen before include "Humans in general" , "country folk" , "Folk; citizens" , "See 6" , "Humankind" .)