FIFA orders Cardiff City to pay French club Nantes six million euros for Sala transfer
Cardiff City must pay French club Nantes six million euros ($6.5 million) to settle a dispute over the payment of the transfer fee for Emiliano Sala, FIFA said on Monday. Argentine striker Sala died on January 21 in a plane crash while travelling to join his new club, and Cardiff had previously resolved not to pay the money, which amounted to the first instalment of the 17 million-euro fee they had agreed to pay Nantes before the accident.
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- Published Date: 06:13 | 30 September 2019
- Modified Date: 06:23 | 30 September 2019
Cardiff City must pay Nantes six million euros ($6.54 million), the sum agreed as the first instalment for the transfer of Emiliano Sala who died in a plane crash on his way to the Welsh club, FIFA said on Monday.
After signing for Cardiff for 15 million euros in January, Sala was travelling there from the French club when his plane crashed in the English Channel.
"The FIFA Players' Status Committee established that Cardiff City FC must pay FC Nantes the sum of 6,000,000 euros, corresponding to the first instalment due in accordance with the transfer agreement," FIFA said in a statement.
FIFA began investigating Sala's transfer following a claim from the French club in February.