Emiliano Sala: The city of Cardiff could be a point of anchor in the battle of transfers

The city of Cardiff could lose points if they do not respect the agreement to pay £ 15 million to Nantes for the striker Emiliano Sala, reports the badociation of the press.

Sports law expert Gianpaolo Monteneri told the news agency that the Bluebirds could suffer the consequences if they failed to comply with the terms of the transfer they agreed to last month. .

Sala and pilot David Ibbotson were aboard a Piper Malibu light aircraft that crashed into the English Channel while he was on a Nantes-Cardiff flight on 21 January.

After extensive research, a body was found and found in the plane while it rests on the bottom of the English Channel.

It remains to be confirmed whether the body is that of Sala or Ibbotson.

Nantes has asked Cardiff to pay the first of its three down payments of 5 million euros for the 28-year-old Argentine striker last week, but the Bluebirds president, Mehmet Dalman, said the moment It was not conducive to talk about financial transaction.

Dalman told The Team that Cardiff did not "say we would not pay," but with Nantes' second request for money this week, Monteneri said that the Premier League club was likely to be punished for delaying payment.

The Zurich lawyer – former head of the FIFA Player Status Department between 1997 and 2005 – said: "If certain deadlines mentioned in the transfer contract are not respected, they could have consequences for the club in question.

"It can range from a reprimand to a withdrawal of points from the league.

"This is a very delicate situation because we are talking about a human tragedy and a large sum.

"It is a human affair on the one hand, and on the other hand for Nantes, a financial affair and an indemnity that they do not potentially receive.

"They have also lost a key player and it's for them a sporting effect that should be taken into account."

Monteneri added that the case could eventually be brought before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the supreme body responsible for resolving sports disputes.

"There are, in my opinion, two possible solutions," he continued.

"The first is that the parties have agreed to go to FIFA and, in such a case, the case is first submitted to the Players' Status Committee, with the possibility of the following: an appeal to the CAS.

"But it is also possible that the parties have decided not to participate in FIFA and go directly to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

"For this kind of topic, there is an obligation to go to football or sports-related bodies.

"It is also an advantage for the parties involved to go to a specialized forum in football matters because they have a better understanding of the case and are much faster (for decision making).

"I think it's very likely that Nantes will go to the end to get compensation in what's a unique case and that both clubs will sit on a table to find a suitable solution." to each of them. "