People pose for a picture near a sculpture of Brazilian soccer legend Pele at an exhibition marking his 80th birthday at the Soccer Museum in Sao Paulo, Brazil October 17, 2020. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Days before his 80th birthday, Brazilian football great Pele told his fans he was happy and healthy and pleased to be reaching the landmark with his lucid mental state.
Pele has been shielding at home in Brazil for most of the COVID-19 pandemic but in a jovial recorded message ahead of his landmark birthday on Friday he looked ahead not back.
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