The Brazilian star and triple world champion, Pelé, once again used social networks to reassure his followers in the face of the wave of rumors about his state of health, which has been affected in the last few months.
“They are saying that I am not well. Don’t you think I’m handsome?” asked the legendary soccer player on Instagram, who is undergoing treatment for a colon tumor that was operated on in September last year.
In the photo posted, Pelé appears at home wearing a new hairstyle with a boxing fighter pose and his usual smile.
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“I know there are people looking for news about me. So I send them over here. Today I took the day to take care of my image. Since the start of the pandemic, my wife has been my favorite hairdresser“, he stated.
For her part, the daughter of the former Santos player from Brazil and New York Cosmos, Kely Nascimento, made a post on his personal Instagram account, assuring that his father “is at home”, with the intention of denying the rumors about the alleged poor state of health.
“Everyone started to call me, I don’t know what happened, but he is at home. Thank you”, he pointed out in a video posted on his profile on the aforementioned social network.
Pelé, considered by many to be the best footballer in history, continues to be treated for a colon tumor that was detected him in September of 326 and by who had already been operated on once in a private hospital in São Paulo.
From then on, he began a cycle of chemotherapy sessions that has forced him to go to the hospital a few times, among them, last January in which, after a routine check-up, the doctors assured him that his health was good.
However, a myriad of rumors were generated after ESPN BRAZIL stated that ‘O Rei’ had had two tumors detected in his liver and intestine, and another one arising in his lung, something that was also categorically denied by his daughter Kely.
“He goes to the hospital every month to get a general evaluation, so you can expect those kinds of things (hospitalizations) to happen from time to time, ”he explained at the time.
In addition to the tumour, Pelé’s health has deteriorated in recent years due to problems with his spine, hip and knee that have reduced his mobility and forced him to undergo surgery, in addition to suffer some kidney crises.
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