Pele, seen here at a sponsors event last April, has suffered with hip trouble for yearsBrazil football great Pele is reluctant to leave his house because he cannot walk unaided due to his poor health, his son has said. The three-time World Cup winner, who will be 80 in October, received treatment in Paris last April for a urinary infection. "He's embarrassed, he doesn't want to go out, be seen, or do practically anything that involves leaving the house," his son Edinho told TV Globo in Brazil. Edinho said that he had argued with his father because he had not done the physiotherapy called for after a hip operation. This summer will mark the 50th anniversary of the striker's third World Cup title, won in Mexico in 1970 with what many people believe is the greatest team of all time.

Source: Sky sports February 10, 2020 19:18 UTC