FIFA has rubbished claims it will display the feet of late football legend Pelé in a museum Facebook posts shared around the world credited the false information to a Brazilian news website which said it never published such a report
Widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, Pelé is the only footballer in history to win three World Cups -- 1958, 1962 and 1970."The respect he has all over the world is enough. Let his body be interred intact," one comment read.Responding to the posts, a FIFA representative told AFP:"We completely refute this claim.
A spokesperson from the cemetery told AFP that the player's embalmed body would rest in a coffin in a 200-square-metre mausoleum decorated like a football stadium. Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Brazilian outlet TNT Sports Brasil said it never reported the false claim.A search of TNT Sports Brasil's
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