Premier League club Cardiff City’s record new signing, Argentine striker Emiliano Sala, is missing presumed dead after a light aircraft he was travelling in disappeared over the English Channel. French civil aviation authorities confirmed that 28-year-old Sala “was on board the plane”. We are very concerned for the safety of Emiliano Sala,” the club said in a statement. – ‘Likeable lad’ –Sala began his footballing career at French club Bordeaux, who he joined in 2010, and spent loan spells at other French clubs including Orleans, Niort and Caen. “He’s a very likeable lad, very hard working,” his coach at Nantes, Vahid Halilhodzic, said of Sala recently.

Source: Punch January 22, 2019 14:42 UTC