Jose Fornos Rodrigues, spokesperson to Pele, says the Brazil legend is resting at home.
He dismissed reports by the English Football Writers Association (FWA) that Pele had been admitted to hospital with exhaustion.
The 77-year-old was due to travel to London this weekend for a dinner in his honour at the Savoy Hotel today by the FWA.
Rodrigues called reports of his hospitalisation “fake news”, according to a BBC report.
“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”, he said.
Pele has been taken to hospital for kidney and prostate problems in recent years.
He scored 1,281 goals in 1,363 appearances during his 21-year career, including 77 goals in 91 appearances for Brazil.
He helped his country win the 1958, 1962 and 1970 World Cups and was named Fifa’s Player of the Century.
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