a Little illness does not fodboldlegenden Pele out of the course.
The brazilian superstar is by his own admission, ‘ready to work again’ after the illness, which last week sent him to the hospital with a high fever in Paris.
the Doctors found out that a urinary tract infection had hit the 78-year-old Pelé.
– I got a bad urinary tract infection that required medical and surgical treatment, says Pele according to the AP, in a press release.
After five days in the hospital was Pelé printed Monday, and Tuesday he landed in Sao Paulo Guarulhos airport in Brazil.
He was, according to the AFP news agency run out of the airport in a wheelchair. It is unclear whether he should continue treatment in his home country.
– I would like to thank you for the many positive thoughts and wishes, says Pelé, who earlier Monday had a visit by fellow countryman Neymar.
the 78-year-old Pele stayed in the French capital, in connection with that he should implement a presseseance and meeting the French midfielder Kylian Mbappé.
They are both ambassadors for the swiss urmærke Hublot.
Fodboldlegenden and Mbappé should really have met in november of last year, but the meeting was postponed due to brasilianerens ailing health.
Pele announced in connection with the opening of the OLYMPIC games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, that he was not able to stand up and light the olympic flame.
In 2014 spent Pele some time in a hospital in the home, as he had kidney problems.
Pele is considered by many as the world’s best footballer ever.
He played most of his career for Santos in his home country, while he also tørnede out for New York Cosmos in a few seasons from 1975.
He won the WORLD cup three times with Brazil. It happened in 1958, 1962 and 1970.
Intl. football – 3. apr. 2019 – at. 16:54 Fodboldlegenden Pelé is hospitalized with high fever