The reappearance of Charles Thomas is one of the most fascinating stories of recent years. After being presumed dead for 40 years, the former Barça basketball player showed signs of life four years ago when he contacted Norman Carmichael, another player with whom he shared a locker room. "While I was driving, I received a message from a nurse telling me she was with Charles Thomas and wanted to talk to me. I told her I didn't know what kind of dirty joke it was, but that Charles had been dead for years. She told me he'd been living in a nursing home for the past four years. Then she made me another video. Norman. How long, right?" It shook me to the core. It wasn't possible. I recognized him by his smile and the way he spoke to him for ten minutes, and he acted as if it was the most normal thing in the world, from the time we shared a team and from his years living on the streets," Carmichael says.

"I'm a champion, I'm a great champion, I'm not a criminal." While being arrested for the fifth time in as many weeks, Samardo Samuels began to scream. The former Barça basketball player, who was listening to extremely loud music, appeared in the courtyard of a Milan building drinking alcohol. His dog was at his side.