Pele in Kolkata

Pele and Chuni

Pele, the greatest footballer of all time is in Kolkata now. The King of football arrived Kolkata on Sunday morning. This is the second time the living legend has set his foot in Kolkata, the first visit was in 1977 with Cosmos football team for an exhibition match with Mohun Bagan.

Pele was received by at Kolkata Airport. Among many others two Indian footballers, Chuni Goswami and Dipendu Biswas was present there. Pele will stay at the Taj Bengal hotel and today he will be in complete rest.

On Monday, Pele's day will start with addressing a press conference on behalf of Atletico de Kolkata following which he will meet students of NSHM, a Kolkata college in the afternoon. The main program will be taking place at Netaji Indoor Stadium in the evening where he will meet the players of the Mohun Bagan side that had played against Cosmos in 1977 at the Eden Gardens.

Sourav Ganguly and A.R.Rahman are also expected to be present at the event with Rafael Nadal likely to join on video conference.

Pele in Kolkata Airport

Pele may go to 'Chetla Agrani' to inaugurate their Durga Puja pandal.

On Tuesday, Pele will meet the Atletico de Kolkata players before attending the franchise's Indian Super League (ISL) match against Kerala Blasters later in the day.