PELE NOT HOSPITALISED, SAYS AIDE

However, his aide quoted in BCC said, “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. That’s all.”

It is on record that, Pele is widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, he scored 1,281 goals in 1,363 appearances during his 21-year career, including 77 goals in 91 appearances for Brazil, and the only player to win three World Cups – helped his country win the 1958, 1962 and 1970 World Cups and was named Fifa’s Player of the Century.