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PARIS (AFP) – Brazilian football legend Pele, who was hospitalized in Paris, will return to Brazil on Monday, his AFP advisor said on Saturday (April 6th).
"We are returning to Sao Paulo on Monday," the councilor said, without providing more details.
The three-time World Cup winner was admitted Wednesday into a Paris hospital for a urinary tract infection, the day after a participation in a promotional event with French striker Kylian Mbappe.
The hospital did not specify when this 78-year-old man will be fired.
The Brazilian news site G1 announced that Pelé was planning to get out of the hospital on Saturday to return to Brazil, but that he had been delayed by new tests and that he was not safe. it would remain under observation until it reaches 100%.
The infection was not serious and was under control, according to members of Pelé's entourage.
"Thanks a lot for all this love! Antibiotics work," tweeted Pele on Friday.
"I feel much better and I think I'm ready to play again!"
The event in Paris was initially scheduled for November, but the Brazilian "was not able to travel".
Pelé has had several health problems in recent years.
A similar infection put him into intensive care in November 2014.
In 2016, Pelé, who played 1,363 professional matches scoring 1,281 goals, was not able to light the flame at the Rio Olympics because of acute pain in the hip.
"I was not physically fit to participate in the opening of the Games," he said at the time.
In January 2018, he canceled a trip to London, fearing a "stressful" and "tiring" trip.
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