After the murder, Colombian football pledged to clean up its act. And, for a while, it did.

But in 1997, Newcastle star Faustino Asprilla received a call from a hitman, asking his permission to kill Paraguay goalkeeper Jose Chilavert.

Thankfully, Asprilla talked him out of it. pic.twitter.com/vaArN1zzJ1

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