Pele thanks hospital staff after returning home following surgery

"I’m very happy to be back at my house."

Pele has updated fans on his medical condition after surgery (Yui Mok/PA)

Pele said he was “very happy to be back at the house” after having surgery to remove a tumour from his colon.

The three-time World Cup winner wrote he had been “punching the air more often than usual” after being discharged from hospital.