By Victor Kanayo
Amidst growing health concerns, the family members of Brazilian soccer legend Pele, were at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
The hospital is where the 82-year-old former footballer widely considered one of the greatest of all time, has been since late November.
Giving update on the current happening around his father, her daughter Kely Nascimento who attached a picture of their family members, via social media wrote, “Almost all of them. Merry Christmas. Gratitude, love, togetherness, family. The essence of Christmas. We thank you all for all the love and light you send.”
Pele’s son Edinho, who played in goal for Santos in the 1990s, posted a picture of himself holding his father’s hand to Instagram on Saturday, with the caption “Father… my strength is yours.”
Doctors had few days ago said Pele’s cancer had advanced and that he requires care related to renal and cardiac dysfunction.
Shortly after, his family said he would remain in a Sao Paulo hospital over Christmas.
Pele has received regular medical treatment since a tumor was removed from his colon in September 2021.
