Huge crowds expected for funeral of footballing great as well as the inauguration of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
as well as one of his own supporters who was caught in an alleged plot to blow up a fuel lorry ahead of Sunday’s inauguration.Photograph: Adriano Machado/Reuters
In a sombre message, the president of Santos, the club where Pelé made his name, said he would never be forgotten.Pelé wearing his Santos jersey in 1961.“He came here to Santos as a boy, and he left as a king. He was idolised not just by the Santos nation but by the whole of Brazil and by all football fans. Edson, rest in peace. Pelé, keep watching over us.”
The coffin will be laid in the middle of the pitch and fans will be allowed into the ground to pay their respects. His body will be laid out in the centre circle for 24 hours before being taken for a private family funeral at 10am on Tuesday. Pelé chose and paid for a space on the ninth floor of the building almost two decades ago, according to the newspaper O Globo. He wanted to be laid to rest on the ninth floor because his father, Dondinho, wore the No 9 shirt as a player.
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