Sandro Rosell was one of the celebrities who sat on the Viajando con Chester sofa in its installment broadcast on Tuesday, January 31. The former president of FC Barcelona shared in the Cuatro space details of his time in prison, where he spent 645 days, including some conflicts he experienced at that time.

The guest said that he never paid to have protection inside the jail and was about to receive a beating: “They threatened me a couple of times, but the comrades immediately came to my defense.” Risto Mejide asked him about this matter and he replied: “They were going to beat me up, once for being Catalan and another for being president of Barça.”

“One came to me and told me: ‘Either you pay me everything I ask for until I want, or I’ll blow you up.’ Then my teammates came out and stopped him. It happened to me once in Madrid and once in Barcelona, ??but both times They protected me without my asking for it at all,” he said.

Rosell explained that in the Soto del Real prison (Madrid) there were many Colombians: “It is a prison for international crimes. Basically, there are all the cocaine traffickers who pass through Barajas or whatever. Most of the Colombians were from Barça… I had a lot of relationship with them because we talked about football”.

The interviewee later recalled his experience in prison in Barcelona: “I became good friends with a gypsy boss who was from Barça. There the one who threatened me was a gypsy, then the boss told him four things and everything stopped.”

Risto Mejide surprised Sandro Rosell in Viajando con Chester. The guest was reunited on the program with a person who had been very important to him during his stay in prison and whom he had spoken about during his interview. It was Father Paulino, whom he met in Soto del Real: “He helped me a lot spiritually, he encouraged me a lot. He gave me a lot of life. Thanks to him, this was less hard.”

The former president of FC Barcelona hugged the priest when he saw him and praised him: “If we were all half of this man, we would be a terrific country. Regardless of whether he is a priest, he is a very good uncle, always dedicating his life to others nothing change.”

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