( CNN ) -- Pele has denied saying that Manchester City striker Robinho had taken drugs . Pele 's alleged quotes about striker Robinho ( above ) have caused a sensation in Brazil . The Brazilian legend was quoted as saying that Robinho and former world footballer of the year Ronaldo used recreational drugs at a private party in Sao Paolo . The comments have caused a sensation in Brazil , where Ronaldo is still revered and Pele 's word is taken as gospel , and led to Robinho 's representatives demanding an official retraction . However , Pele insists he said no such thing . `` Robinho is our son and left Santos with our supervision , '' he told TV Globo . `` What happened was a misunderstanding because I never said anything like that , they gave him wrong information . `` I know what the people who need to sell newspapers are like . When there 's a story like this you need to ask for the recording to hear what was really said . '' Pele 's advisor went into further detail about the exact nature of the misunderstanding . `` There 's nothing to this , Pele never said that Robinho had problems with drugs , '' he told Terra.com . `` His answer was distorted . Pele was asked about problems in football , and said that the problems are few compared to other sports . `` He said that in football only Maradona , Ronaldo and Robinho had really had problems , but he never talked about drugs at any moment . ''
Pele has denied saying that Manchester City striker Robinho had taken drugs . Brazilian legend was quoted as saying Robinho used drugs at a private party . However Pele claims that his recent quotes were distorted and misrepresented .