Premier League to pay tribute to Pele with teams to wear black armbands and hold minute’s applause after death aged 82

ENGLISH football will pay tribute to Pele over the weekend.

Starting with Liverpool’s Premier League match at home to Leicester and West Ham’s game with Brentford this evening, players will wear black armbands while there will be a minute’s applause.

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The remaining games in the top-flight throughout the weekend will also feature the same tributes.

Equally, the EFL have announced that all of today’s matches, along with those on January 1 and January 2, will also see players wear black armbands while again, there will also be a minute’s applause,.

The world of football is in mourning after it was announced yesterday that the Brazilian legend had passed away aged 82 in his homeland.

Pele had been receiving treatment for a tumour in his colon but stopped responding to care.

However on Thurday evening the news broke that the greatest player in history has sadly passed away due to multiple organ failure as a result of his cancer.

Nicknamed The King, Pele won three World Cups with Brazil between 1958 and 1970, the only player in football history to achieve the feat.

His amazing haul of 1,279 goals in 1,363 games, which included friendlies, is recognised as a Guinness World Record.

Meanwhile Fulham, who play Southampton tomorrow in the Premier League, will combine a tribute to Pele with one for their former player and England World Cup star George Cohen, who died a week ago aged 83.

Speaking of Cohen, Fulham captain Tom Cairney said: “He was an icon. He came to a lot of our games and, as I said, I got to have a lot of conversations with him.

“It was a sad day for Fulham, but it will be great if we can give him a good send off and the respect he deserves for what he did.”