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The police on the Anglo-Norman island of Guernsey, off which the plane borrowed by the Argentinian footballer Emiliano Sala has disappeared, announced Thursday, January 24 afternoon to end the search. The Piper PA 46 Malibu who was carrying Emiliano Sala was out of the radar on the night of Monday to Tuesday, January 22 during a trip between Nantes and Cardiff, over the English Channel. Sala, who started his career in France with Bordeaux, had just signed with Cardiff City in the Premier League for three and a half years.
In recent days, Vahid Halilhoddzic, the coach of Nantes, did not hide his disappointment to lose his striker who had decided to join Wales. Cardiff had just made the Argentinean rookie the most expensive in its history: 17 million euros!
A heartbreaking for the technician from Nantes Halilhodzic, who wanted at all costs to keep Emiliano Sala at the Canaries, to conflict with his management. Today, Vahid Halilhoddzic is like everyone else, sad about this tragic disappearance. " He's an attacker like we do not see much today . A very endearing boy, very hardworking ", summed up the Franco-Bosnian coach about him, at the moment when the information on the disappearance of the plane was announced.
First professional contract in Bordeaux
Emiliano Sala was born on October 31, 1990 in Cululù, a village of 300 inhabitants where he lived until his three years in the province of Santa Fe, north of Buenos Aires. He joined the training center Bordeaux Proyecto Crecer, located in Argentina, before joining the reserve Girondins de Bordeaux in 2010 to continue his training. This atypical scorer begins football at the age of four. These past two seasons, he had made a name for himself in the French Championship.
Emiliano Sala went professional in Bordeaux in 2012, but was immediately loaned to Orléans (Nationale). Then it will be Niort in Ligue 2 and Caen in Ligue 1 where it is also decisive for the maintenance of the Normans. Then he signs a five-year contract with Nantes (2015). And it is with the Canaries he crosses a course by chaining the seasons to more than ten goals in the league, becoming the player of the most prolific club since Olivier Monterrubio in 2001.
With 12 goals in Ligue 1 this season, Sala was a time co-top scorer in the French Championship alongside a certain Kylian Mbappé. Detected at age 15, in his small Argentine village, he made his merry way with his un-academic style and lanky gaits, which have sometimes elicited ironic comments. " I run a lot. One can think that, suddenly, I am less lucid in front of the goal, but it is my game. I feel good if I run, if I touch a lot of balloons, "said the one who had been elected player of the month. October in League 1. And add: " In my career, I have already scored a lot of goals, I know how to do it . "
"We've never seen you play and we've never seen you score, but Emiliano, our beautiful blue bird, we'll love you even more forever" 💙🙏https: //t.co/Z3u4XGnTfV
beIN SPORTS (@beinsports_EN) January 23, 2019" He never thought he would reach this level "
In the prime of life, Emiliano Sala finally emerged as an indispensable member of the Nantes squad before hoping to shine elsewhere. " He had a lot of hope, you know what it's like to play in the Premier League. He never thought he would reach this level, it was crazy, "his father told local radio Latina at the time of the plane's disappearance. In 2017, the former coach of Nantes, Claudio Ranieri, confident, said: " I do not part with Emiliano. Emiliano will never leave, he stays here, in Nantes, quiet . "
" I am very happy to be here. It makes me very happy and I can not wait to start training, meeting new teammates and getting to work, "said Emiliano Sala at his signature in Cardiff.
" As long as he's coming out of nowhere as he does so well to score all his goals, " said Bryan Bergougnoux, a former professional player turned coach-player for Thonon-Evian fans. But no one will see the long silhouette of the Argentine player waiting patiently to put a head in the net. " We have reviewed all available information (...) and made the difficult decision to end the search, " Guernsey police said in a statement, noting that the " chances of survival at this stage are slim. ".