BREAKING: Cardiff City ‘Genuinely Concerned’ About New Signing Emiliano Sala After Airplane Goes Missing
There is now a genuine concern at Cardiff City over record signing Emiliano Sala amid reports that a private plane said to be carrying him from Nantes has gone missing.
Cardiff just unveiled Emiliano Sala as their record transfer signing last Saturday.
The 28-year-old joined Neil Warnock’s side from French outfit Nantes for £15million.
Sala turned down a late mega-money offer to play in Chinese before putting pen to paper on a three-and-a-half year deal at Cardiff due to his desire to play Premier League football.
It is understood the player returned to France after completing his move and was due to report for training in Cardiff on Tuesday.
Reports suggest, however, that there is “genuine concern” at Cardiff amid Sala’s current status.
However, this has not been confirmed by the authorities or the club.
A coastguard rescue helicopter and crews from Alderney and Guernsey RNLI have joined the search in the area around the lighthouse.
A lighthouse was first built on the Casquets rocks, infamous among mariners as the site of many shipwrecks, 13km north-west of Alderney in 1724.
HM Coastguard said the disappearance was not in the UK search and rescue area but it had sent two helicopters to help.
“HM Coastguard are currently assisting Guernsey Coastguard with a search for a light aircraft off Alderney in the Channel Islands,” a spokeswoman said.
“HM Coastguard helicopters from Solent and Newquay have been helping to search overnight with nothing found.”
Before switching to Cardiff, Sala was the third highest scorer in Ligue 1 this season with 12 goals, behind only Kylian Mbappe and Nicolas Pepe.
