Emiliano Sala: Cardiff Preparing to Sue Nantes for Up to £200M in Damages Over Plane Tragedy

• Argentinian forward Emiliano Sala died in a plane crash on January 21, 2019.
• He had just completed a move from French club Nantes to Cardiff who were in the Premier League at that time
• The two clubs have been embroiled in unending legal battles over the settlement of fees involving the transfer

Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala died in a plane crash on January 21, 2019, but his unfortunate death's aftermath is still moving like wildfire.

Cardiff City announced they had signed the 28-year-old from French club Nantes for £15m in the January transfer window to help the club avoid relegation.

He had been unveiled and completed his medicals, but he returned to France to say goodbye to his teammates and pick up his personal belongings but unfortunately never made it back.

According to BBC Sports, there are disputes over the payment of his transfer fees four years after FIFA imposed a three-window transfer embargo on the Welsh club for refusing to pay the first instalment of over £7m.

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Cardiff set to sue Nantes

As reported by Daily Star, the championship club is set to sue the French club for damages after failing in their appeal to the Court of Arbitration in Sports, CAS, to overturn FIFA's ruling on the payment.

CAS's decision cannot be overturned because it is under Swiss jurisdiction, as a Swiss Federal Tribunal ruled, where Cardiff further appealed to dismiss FIFA's ruling.

The Bluebirds are not letting it go and will institute a lawsuit in a civil court against the French club, as reported by Wales Online, with damages ranging between £20m and £200m.

The £20m was the initial cost of the transfer, while the larger fee was the financial rewards Cardiff would have been entitled to had they avoided relegation, which they believed Sala's contribution would have helped.

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