By: EFE Updated 10 Feb 2022, 17: 10 pm EST
The Brazilian star Edson Arantes do Nascimento ‘Pelé’, from 81 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 that I am not well. Don’t you think I’m handsome?” , asked the legendary former striker on his social networks, who is undergoing treatment for a colon tumor that was operated on in September past.
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.
My friends, I know that I have people looking for news about me. Então, I send here. Hoje eu tirei o dia to take care of my visual! Since the beginning of the pandemic, my wife has been my favorite scalp. You don’t know that I’m pretty? pic.twitter.com/obrA8SM3d0
— Pelé (@Pele) February 10, 2022
“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 explained.
Pelé, considered by many to be the best footballer in history, continues to undergo treatment for a colon tumor that It was detected in September of 2021 and for which he had already been operated on once in a private hospital in São Paulo.
After this procedure, he began a chemotherapy treatment that has forced him to go to the hospital several times.
Last January, he went to the same hospital again clinic in São Paulo for another check-up, after which the team of doctors assured that his health condition remained stable.
However, endless rumors arose after ESPN BRASIL stated that ‘O Rei’ had detected two tumors in his liver and intestine, and another one emerging in his lung.
This information was categorically denied by Kely Nascimento, one of the daughters of the former player of Santos and Cosmos, who af He then signed that his father was “fine” and that his diagnosis had not changed.
“He goes to the hospital every month to have a general evaluation, so you can expect that guy of things (hospitalizations) happen from time to time”, he explained on his social networks.
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 go through the operating room, in addition to suffering some kidney crises.