Pele's daughter denied the information that he is dying

The daughter of famed soccer player Flavia Nascimento has said media reports about her father's poor health are untrue, Reuters reports. “People say that he is in a terminal condition, that he is under palliative care. Trust us, it's not like that,” she said in an interview with Globo TV.

The fact that Pele is in poor condition was reported on Saturday by the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, who wrote that chemotherapy had ceased to produce results. In September 2021, the 82-year-old football player had a colon tumor removed, and since then he has been undergoing regular medical examinations. According to Nascimento, there is no complete remission, so doctors make adjustments to the treatment from time to time. For the same Pele was hospitalized last week. Already in the hospital, the footballer was diagnosed with a respiratory infection, a consequence of recent Covid-19. “He is sick, he is old, but at the moment he is being treated for a respiratory infection, and when he gets better, he will return home,” said Pele’s other daughter, Keli.

Fans of the Brazilian football club Santos, for which Pele played, gathered at the hospital where their idol lies. “We radiate positive energy to our king for all he has done for football around the world and for all he has done for Santos,” said fan leader Jefferson Silvano.