Eddy sends video message to Pele

Guyanese international superstar Eddy Grant will send a live video message to Pele during today’s civic ceremony at City Hall, where Mayor Hamilton Green will welcome the Brazilian football icon to Guyana.

Eddy Grant
Eddy Grant

According to a press release, Eddy, who is in Liverpool on his European tour with UB 40, was disappointed when he learned that Pele would be visiting Guyana at a time when he is unable to be here.

The release said Eddy, who played football as a youngster in England, “always thought that he was Pele along with many other West Indians and Africans”.

In the video message, Eddy will wish Pele a pleasant stay in Guyana as well as extend season’s greetings to the football legend and his family. Eddy also expresses the wish that they will be able to meet one day either here or in Brazil.

Pele, born Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, is visiting Guyana on an invitation from the Kashief and Shanghai Organisation which runs off an annual football tournament.

The release said Eddy is expected to spend Christmas in Barbados.