Ageing soccer icon Pele depressed, reclusive – Son
By Reuters
12 February 2020 |
12:47 pm
Brazilian soccer great Pele is depressed over his poor health and reluctant to leave the house because he cannot walk unaided, his son has said in an new interview.
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