Ex-Newcastle United star Faustino Asprilla reveals he talked hitman OUT of EXECUTION of international legend
Former Newcastle United striker Faustino Asprilla has revealed he once persuaded a hitman against executing Paraguay’s goalscoring goalkeeper Jose Luis Chilavert.
The incident – which took place a year after Asprilla signed for United from Parma – revolves around Chilavert and the frontman both being sent off in a World Cup qualifier in Asuncion.
And Asprilla, part of Kevin Keegan’s side nicknamed ‘The Entertainers’, has revealed a gunman phoned his hotel room after said game, asking for permission to kill Chilavert.
Speaking on a documentary on Colombian TV, Asprilla said: “What? Are you crazy? You’ll destroy Colombian football, you can’t do that!
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“No, no, no, no. What happens on the pitch, stays on the pitch.”
This incident came just three years after fellow Colombian international Andres Escobar was shot dead, in what was widely regarded as a gangland execution, weeks after an own goal in USA 1994 saw Colombia exit the World Cup.