Brazil football legend Pele is resting at home and is NOT being treated for exhaustion, insists spokesperson Jose Fornos Rodrigues, as he labels hospital reports 'fake news'

  • Brazil legend Pele, now 77, was due to host a dinner in London this weekend
  • Reports claimed he collapsed with 'severe exhaustion' and was taken to hospital
  • However, his spokesperson Jose Fornos Rodrigues has called reports 'fake news'
  • 'He just didn't want to make a long and stressful trip to London,' he told 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 said on Friday.

Pele was supposed to attend a dinner in his honour at the Savoy hotel in London on Sunday but organisers the Football Writers Association said he would not appear after having collapsed from what appeared to be severe exhaustion.

However, his spokesperson insists the 77-year-old former Santos and New York Cosmos striker was resting at his home near Santos, Brazil.

Brazil legend Pele is resting at home according to his spokesperson, and not in hospital

Brazil legend Pele is resting at home according to his spokesperson, and not in hospital

'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.

Pele was supposed to attend a dinner in his honour at the Savoy hotel in London on Sunday 

Pele was supposed to attend a dinner in his honour at the Savoy hotel in London on Sunday 

'He just didn't want to make a long and stressful trip to London,' said Jose Fornos Rodrigues

'He just didn't want to make a long and stressful trip to London,' said Jose Fornos Rodrigues

 

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