Satisfaction for FC Nantes.
Almost four years after the tragic plane crash of Emiliano Sala, the Cardiff City club paid FC Nantes a first installment of around 6 million euros of the amount of the transfer of the Argentinian player, it has been reported. learned Wednesday from FC Nantes.
On January 21, 2019, Emiliano Sala, 28, was killed in the crash of the small tourist plane which was taking him from Nantes to Cardiff, where he had just been transferred for 17 million euros.
Since then, Cardiff refused to pay the sum, ensuring that the transfer had not yet been finalized at the time of death and demanded that the responsibilities in the accident be established.
Fifa ordered the payment of a first installment of 6 million euros and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in August rejected Cardiff's appeal, considering that the transfer "had been finalized" at the time of death.
Since then, the club has been banned from recruitment for not having paid.
Cardiff still hope with CAS
The CAS decision is the subject of an appeal, the result of which should be known at the end of January or the beginning of February, but this appeal is not suspensive and Cardiff, currently 20th in the Championship (2nd English div.), two points behind the red zone, needs to strengthen in the winter transfer window.
Nantes confirmed on Wednesday that they had received around 6 million euros, the equivalent of the first installment set at 5.3 million pounds.
According to several British media, the amount of this installment is in fact now 7 million pounds (nearly 8 million euros) with interest.
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