Premier League club Cardiff City's record new signing, Argentina-born striker Emiliano Sala, was on board a light aircraft that disappeared over the English Channel on Monday night, police sources told AFP. Sala, signed by Cardiff on Saturday from French club Nantes for a reported 17 million euro ($19.3 million) fee, was flying to Cardiff aboard a small plane that disappeared from radars around 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of Guernsey, sources confirmed on condition of anonymity. Cardiff striker Emiliano Sala missing after suspected plane crashhttps://t.co/Q73DNlm3jd pic.twitter.com/VD7edlVg4Z — The Star (@staronline) January 22, 2019"At this time no trace of the missing aircraft had been found," it added. When he put pen to paper at Cardiff on Saturday, Sala, who also has Italian nationality, said in a statement: "I'm very happy to be here. Who is Emiliano Sala, free-scoring Argentine striker, missing in suspected plane crash?

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 22, 2019 14:03 UTC