Pele is resting, not suffering exhaustion: spokesman
Reuters
Published Jan 19, 2018 12:59PM ET
Pele is resting, not suffering exhaustion: spokesman
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian soccer great Pele is resting at home in and reports that he was taken to hospital because of exhaustion are "fake news," his spokesperson told Reuters on Friday.
Pele was supposed to attend a dinner in his honor at the Savoy hotel in London on Sunday but organizers the Football Writers Association said he would not appear after having collapsed from what appeared to be severe exhaustion.
However, his spokesperson told Reuters the 77-year-old former Santos and New York Cosmos striker was resting at his home near Santos, Brazil.
"He just didn't want to make a long and stressful trip to London, in and out of who knows how many planes and airports," said Jose Fornos Rodrigues. "That's all."
Pele, the only player to win three World Cups, has been taken to hospital for kidney and prostrate problems in recent years and also underwent hip surgery.
Still considered the greatest player of all time, he appeared in a wheelchair at his last big international appearance in Moscow in December for the draw for this year's World Cup.
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