AFP, Paris :
Football legend Pele was taken to a Paris hospital as a precaution on Wednesday after suffering from a “urinary infection” but is “doing well”, according to members of his entourage.
The 78-year-old Brazilian three-time World Cup winner was receiving antibiotics prior to the long flight back to his home country, his spokesman and other sources told AFP.
The spokesman said the infection was “under control” and Pele would be discharged from hospital in “a day or two”.
Pele, who won the World Cup in 1958, 1962 and 1970, had been in Paris for a promotional appearance alongside France star Kylian Mbappe.
The declining health of the player known as ‘O Rei’ has been a cause for concern in recent times, and the planned meeting with Mbappe had already been postponed last November.
