Brazilian football great Pele was hospitalised in Sao Paulo to continue his colon tumour treatment. Hospital Albert Einstein said in a statement on Wednesday that Edson Arantes do Nascimento, 81,  is “stable and expected to be released on the next few days.”

Pele’s assistant Pepito Fornos told The Associated Press that Pele is having chemotherapy sessions to treat the tumour that was found during routine exams at the end of August. Pele was briefly put in intensive care after surgery on his right colon.