The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected this Friday the resource of the Cardiff in connection with the transfer of the deceased player Emiliano Sala from the Nantesto which he will have to pay six million euros corresponding to the first installment of the transfer, which was signed for a total of 17 million.

The court of Lausanne announced his decision in a statement and stressed that he believed the player’s transfer had been “completed”, despite the fact that shortly after the Argentine striker’s death in a plane crash in the English Channel, when flying from Nantes to Cardiff.

“After considering all the evidence gathered and all the arguments put on the table by both clubs, the CAS jury decided that the player’s transfer from FC Nantes to Cardiff City FC has been completed,” the note reads. .

“Given that the conditions set out in the transfer agreement were met before the player’s death, FC Nantes’ claim of the first installment of payment for the transferfor an amount of 6 million euros, it was supported “, he adds.

The sports court emphasizes that its decision only concerns that first term of the economic agreement between the two companies.

Source: EFE