Cardiff face possible transfer ban over Emiliano Sala fee – reports
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ByEurosport
Updated 25/02/2019 at 21:15 GMT
Cardiff City could be sanctioned by FIFA and face a possible transfer ban if the club do not pay Nantes the first instalment of the £15m fee agreed for Emiliano Sala within 10 days, according to the Times.
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Nantes threatened Cardiff with legal action after the first instalment was withheld by the Premier League club.
Cardiff agreed to pay a club-record £15m for the striker but Sala, 28, was on board the Piper Malibu aircraft which disappeared from radar over the English Channel near Guernsey on January 21. Pilot David Ibbotson is yet to be found.
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A tribute to Emiliano Sala
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Before Sala’s body was recovered, it was reported that Cardiff received a letter from Nantes, in which the French Ligue 1 club threatened to take legal action.
Although Nantes would have been entitled to the first instalment of Sala’s fee by now, Cardiff were reportedly left surprised by the demand given the circumstances and the timing.
It is understood Cardiff would prefer to establish all the facts surrounding the tragedy first. There is no suggestion that the Welsh club will not meet their contractual obligations but their point of view is that the investigation should first be completed.
It is also reported that Bordeaux are entitled to a cut of the fee for Argentinian striker Sala, who was on their books from 2012 to 2015 before joining Nantes.
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