Emiliano Sala's mother is calling for "justice". and flogging Cardiff

The late footballer Emiliano Sala's mother accused her Cardiff City club of disrespecting her family and said "I demand justice".

Mercedes Taffarel said that his son, who died in a plane crash over the English Channel in January, "had not been taken care of as he deserved."

Cardiff is stuck in a row with the former club of Sala, Nantes, which asks the Welsh club to pay the transfer fee of £ 15 million agreed a few days before his death.

Ms. Taffarel said Cardiff's reluctance to pay was a "sign of disrespect towards my family".

Mercedes Taffarel, mother of the late footballer Emiliano Sala (pictured together left), said that his son (right) had "not been taken care of as he deserved"

Argentine striker Sala, 28, and pilot David Ibbotson died in the plane Piper PA-46 Malibu on January 21st. The footballer's body was identified on February 7th.

S addressing the French newspaper L'Equipe, Ms. Taffarel said she was "angry" at the way Cardiff had treated her son.

She said, "They did not take care of him. A player with a transfer costs so much … They did not support him as he deserved.

Requiring "justice" in the line of transfer fees, she stated that her son's signature was on the contract and she said, "I do not know why they do not want to pay.

She said, "Do I see this as a sign of disrespect towards my family? Yes, I think it would have been different if it had not really signed.

Sala 's mother, Mercedes (center) and her sister, Romina (right), at Guernsey airport after taking the plane to observe the Channel area where the l'. plane was gone.

The plane Piper Malibu, N264DB, ground at the airport of Nantes, France, before the flight that crashed in the English Channel on January 21, killing Sala and his pilot David Ibbotson

"Of course, they too are investigating the accident to find out what happened. It seems logical. But they must keep their word. The signature can not be deleted.

Taffarel continues: "I want justice done to my son. I just want the truth. Let justice determine if there has been negligence, if someone has made a mistake, and have it paid.

& # 39; That those who have had something to do with this pay. & # 39;

Sala had scored 12 goals in 19 league games for Nantes in the first half of the season, prompting Cardiff to pay him a record 15 million pounds.

His body was found during a privately funded search after the official search was canceled when the Guernsey port captain said the chances of survival were "extremely remote".

Tributes in France: yellow flowers are arranged in front of a portrait of the Argentine striker at the Beauvoir stadium, home of the former Nantes club of Sala, Nantes

Tribute to Wales: a sea of ​​flowers and scarves from the city of Cardiff are left in front of the Welsh club stadium after the disappearance of the attacker on 21 January

Agent Willie McKay planned that the flight takes Sala to Cardiff, but he did not participate in the selection of the aircraft or the pilot.

Ms. Taffarel said, "He spoke with my daughter but not with me. And I have no answer from him. He made the plane available.

The plane remains underwater 21 miles off the coast of Guernsey in the Channel, bad weather preventing any effort to recover it.

Last month, Nantes filed a complaint with FIFA concerning Cardiff's refusal to pay the first payment of the tax.

Cardiff said he wants to wait until the end of the investigation into the accident.

The club said last month that it remained "determined to ensure fairness and accountability" of the agreement, but insisted that "the facts surrounding this tragedy" should have been 39 first be established.

Meanwhile, Nantes owes half of the transfer fee to the former club of Sala, Bordeaux, under a previous transfer agreement.