Cardiff demands billion from Nantes in grim transfer case: – Ridiculous

Cardiff want €100m from Nantes in compensation following the death of Emiliano Sala in flight in connection with his transfer to Cardiff in 2019.

The uproar that followed Sala’s death did not appear to be over. After several years of legal wrangling, Cardiff were ordered in January to pay Nantes six million euros (69 million kronor) as the first part of a transfer fee totaling €17 million, the equivalent of 196 million kroner.

The dispute largely revolves around Cardiff’s belief that the transfer was never completed before the small plane in which Sala was flying to Wales from Nantes crashed in January 2019. Both Sala and pilot David Ibbotson, and thus the man, died. Who organized the trip that ended in a crash and was sentenced to 18 months in prison.

Two days earlier, Sala signed the contract which the court said made him a Cardiff player. He was scheduled to train with the club the following day.

Nantes’ lawyers said on Monday that Cardiff had sued them for 100 million euros (1.1 billion kroner). The Welsh club believed they should be compensated for the fact that Sala never played for Cardiff. A hearing is scheduled for June 22.

– After being rejected by FIFA, the Swiss Federal Court and the Swiss Federal Court, Cardiff opens an absurd new case, say Nantes lawyers Jerome Marsaudon and Louis-Marie Absel.

The lawyers say they are “very confident” the court will dismiss Cardiff’s claim and that they want to compensate Nantes for “the damage these arbitrary measures have caused over four years”.