The brazilian fotbollslegendaren, considered by many as the greatest player, was found later to have been a urinary tract infection and are still being held under surveillance in Paris in order to undergo further tests.

the Hospital has not yet announced when He will go home, but according to his adviser, it becomes resfärd back to Brazil in the beginning of the next week.

“We go back to Sao Paulo on Monday,” says the advisor, without sharing further details.

should not be serious, something that He himself confirmed in a greeting on Twitter on Friday:

”Thank you so much for all your love! The antibiotic works. I feel much better now and I think I’m ready to play again,” wrote the 78-year-old.

Pele played during his active career 1 363 professional games and scored 1,281 goals. He has taken the world CHAMPIONSHIP gold medal three times, including in Sweden in 1958.