Brazilian star Edson Arantes do Nascimento Skin81 years old, shared his new appearance on Thursday to reassure his millions of followers, amid constant rumors about his delicate state of health.
“They are saying out there that I am not well. Do you not think that I am handsome?” Asked the legendary former striker on his social networks, who is undergoing treatment for a colon tumor that was operated on last September.
The triple world champion accompanied his message with a photograph in which he appears smiling, with a new hairstyle and with his fists clenched as if he were preparing for a boxing match.
Pelé alleviates the restlessness of his followers
“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,” she said.
For her part, Kely Nascimento, one of the daughters of the former Santos and Cosmos player, asserted on her social networks that her father “is at home” in the face of information that has emerged in the last few hours that he had gone to the hospital again .
«Everyone started calling me, I don’t know what happened, but he is at home. Thank you », he pointed out in a video posted on his Instagram profile.
The best footballer in history is still in treatment
Pelé, considered by many to be the best footballer in history, continues under treatment against the colon tumor that was detected in September 2021 and for which he had already been operated on once in a private hospital in Sao Paulo.
From then on, he began a cycle of chemotherapy sessions that has forced him to go to the hospital a few times.
Last January, he went again to the same São Paulo clinic for another check-up, after which the team of doctors assured that his health condition continued to be stable.
Daughter denies leaked information
However, endless rumors arose after ESPN BRAZIL stated that O Rei had two tumors detected in his liver and intestine, and another one emerging in a lung.
That information was also categorically denied by his daughter Kely.
“He goes to the hospital every month to get a general evaluation, so you can expect that kind of thing (hospitalizations) to happen from time to time,” he explained then.
In addition to the tumor, Pelé’s health has deteriorated in recent years due to problems in the spine, hips and knees that have reduced his mobility and have forced him to undergo surgery, in addition to suffering some kidney crises.