Pele’s daughter says he will leave intensive care within days

Pele is expected to leave intensive care within days after surgery (Nigel French/PA)

Pele is to leave intensive care within days after undergoing surgery to remove a tumour from his colon, his daughter has announced.

Kely Nascimento has revealed the 80-year-old three-time World Cup winner “is not in pain and is in a good mood” at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo.