There are “genuine concerns” for the wellbeing of Cardiff City’s record signing Emiliano Sala following the
disappearance of a plane he is believed to have been travelling on.
A light aircraft which is understood to have departed Nantes for Wales vanished from the radar off Alderney in the
Channel Islands on Monday evening.
Goal sources say two people were on board the plane, Sala and the pilot, but it lost contact with air traffic control
near Casquets lighthouse – around eight miles north-west of Guernsey in the English Channel.
AP have also stated that the French civil aviation authority have confirmed Sala was aboard the passenger plane that
has gone missing.
Argentine striker Sala completed a £15 million ($19m) move to Cardiff on Saturday having netted 12 Ligue 1 goals
already this season and his new club expressed serious concerns on Tuesday morning about his whereabouts.
“We are very concerned by the latest news that a light aircraft lost contact over the Channel last night,” the club said
in a statement. “We are awaiting confirmation before we can say anything further.
“We are very concerned for the safety of Emiliano Sala.”
