Tag: Emiliano Sala
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Emiliano Sala’s father dies three months after son’s crash
The father of Premier League footballer Emiliano Sala, who was killed in a plane crash earlier this year, has died three months after his son. Horacio Sala, 58, suffered a heart attack on Friday, his friend and president of his local club confirmed. Daniel Ribero, from San Martin de Progreso, told C5N TV channel that…
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Emiliano Sala was abandoned by Cardiff, says former agent
Emiliano Sala was “abandoned” by Cardiff City and had to arrange his own travel in a £15m transfer from Nantes, says ex-football agent Willie McKay. McKay’s son Mark was Nantes’ acting agent in the deal for the footballer, who died in a plane crash last month. Willie McKay arranged the flight that crashed in the…
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Emiliano Sala: FIFA investigates transfer payment
Football governing body, FIFA, is investigating the transfer payment for Emiliano Sala after Nantes made a claim against Cardiff City. Premier League side Cardiff were due to pay the first of three instalments for the £15m striker on Wednesday. Argentine Sala, the Bluebirds’ record signing, died aged 28 in a plane crash in the English…
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Emiliano Sala: Nantes hit with fine over flare tributes
French club Nantes have been fined a combined 21,000 euros (18.264 pounds) after supporters set off flares during matches as part of a tribute to former striker Emiliano Sala, who died in a plane crash last month. A single-engine plane carrying Sala from Nantes to his new team Cardiff City crashed on Jan. 21 in…
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Emiliano Sala: Cardiff may sue Nantes over pilot’s licence
Premier League club Cardiff ‘may sue Nantes’ following the death of club record-signing Emiliano Sala. Cardiff have found no proof that the pilot of the plane that crashed in the English Channel had the right licence to fly Sala following an internal investigation, according to the Telegraph. The paper has reported that if the Air…
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Emiliano Sala: Body to be flown to Argentina for vigil
The body of footballer Emiliano Sala is to be flown back to his hometown in Argentina where a vigil is planned, BBC reports Sala, 28, was travelling to Cardiff in a plane piloted by David Ibbotson, which went missing over the English Channel on 21 January. His body was recovered from the plane wreck last…
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Emiliano Sala: Inquest reveals footballer’s death
Argentine footballer, Emiliano Sala died from massive injuries to his head and chest, the Daily Mail reports. The striker, who signed for Cardiff City from Nantes, in a record £15million, could only be identified by his fingerprints, an inquest heard on Monday. Brendan Allen, acting senior coroner for Dorset, adjourned proceedings in Bournemouth until November…
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Cardiff coach Warnock calls off Tenerife trip to mourn Sala
Cardiff City cancelled the club’s trip to Tenerife for a mid-season break so the players could mourn striker Emiliano Sala’s death with their families, manager Neil Warnock has said. January signing Sala was traveling to Cardiff from French club Nantes when the plane he was on crashed in the English Channel last month. His body…
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Emiliano Sala: Nantes to retire no. 9 shirt
Nantes have announced that the club will retire the no.9 shirt, in honour of Emiliano Sala, whose body has been recovered from the wreckage of a plane he was travelling on that crashed on its way to Cardiff. The Ligue 1 outfit says it was as a mark of respect to the Argentine striker, who…