Funeral of Emiliano Sala: Cardiff President Neil Warnock will attend a ceremony in Argentina

Cardiff City Director Neil Warnock will attend the funeral of Emiliano Sala in Argentina on Saturday.

Warnock will be joined by General Manager, Ken Choo, as part of a club delegation attending the funeral of the city of Progreso, in the Argentine province of Santa Fe.

The 28-year-old had signed for Cardiff at a record £ 15 million move to Nantes last month, but was killed during the crash of a private plane carrying him into the English Channel. , near Alderney.

Sala had returned to France to bid farewell to his former teammates from Nantes.

Sala's body was found in the wreck last Thursday and officially recognized.

Pilot David Ibbotson is still missing. Funds were collected to continue the research. Cardiff owner Vincent Tan made a personal donation of £ 50,000.

Sala's body will be repatriated to Argentina on Friday before Saturday's awakening in Sala's children's club in San Martin de Progreso.

Julio Muller confirmed that his remains would be flown to Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires and arrive Friday morning.

The player's body will then be driven to the provincial capital by a six-hour trip to reach Progreso – where his family lives – on Friday night.

Mr Muller said that Emiliano's mother, Mercedes and her sister Romina, who traveled to Wales and Guernsey during the search, have already joined Sala's father, Horacio, in Progreso.

"Emi's remains will arrive in Progreso, 300 miles north of Buenos Aires, late Friday. The awakening will be held in the gymnasium of San Martin FC. "

San Martin President Daniel Ribero added, "Emi's body will arrive from Argentina from Europe on Friday, and Saturday we'll spend several hours bidding him farewell to the club."