The exfutbolista Brazilian Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as "I Peeled", finds ingresado from six days ago in a hospital of Sao Paulo, after being subjected to a series of examinations of routine. Like this it gave it to know one of his representatives to local means.

The otrora star of the Brazilian football, and that now has 80 years of age, announce the past 31 August in his account of Twitter that attended to a hospital of Sao Paulo to make some examinations of routine that had been postponed by the pandemia of the covid-19, but ensured that it found well.

"Boys, no me desmayé and am very well of health. I was to do me the examinations of routine, that had not been able to do before because of the pandemia. Warn me that do not play next Sunday!", it ensured the ex forward in Twitter.

Nevertheless, as it gave to know this Monday, this remained in the hospitable centre from this day. After being contacted by the agency Efe, the hospital did not provide information in this regard. It was the own ex player the one who explained that it was taken part quirúrgicamente for extirparle a "suspicious injury" in the colon that could treat of a tumor.

"Fellow mine, thank you very much by the kind messages. I give thank heaven for feeling me very well and for allowing that the Dr. Fábio and the Dr. Miguel occupy of my health. The past Saturday operated me for extirpar a suspicious injury in the right colon. The tumor was identified during the proofs that mentioned the past week. Fortunately, I am accustomed to celebrate big victories with you. I will confront this party with a smile in my face, a lot of optimism and joy for living surrounded of the love of my family and friends", informed Peeled in his account of Instagram.

Problems of health

The health of the thrice champion of the World has begun to tornar increasingly delicate in recent years, what, together with the pandemia of the coronavirus, has kept him in his house situated in the seaboard of Sao Paulo beside his familiar and friends more immediate, and moved away of the focus mediático.