He does not let go, far from it. The British football club Cardiff City has decided to attack FC Nantes in the commercial court to obtain more than 100 million euros in compensation after the accidental death of player Emiliano Sala in January 2019, we learned from lawyers from the French club, confirming a information from The Team.
Cardiff seized the Nantes Commercial Court last week for the damage he believes he has suffered and is claiming from the Canaries “more than 100 million euros”, we learned on Monday from FC Nantes lawyers, Jérôme Marsaudon and Louis-Marie Absil, from the RMT firm. The case will be heard on June 22, the lawyers said.
“We are very calm”
“After being severely disavowed by FIFA, the CAS [Tribunal arbitral du sport], and the Swiss Federal Court, Cardiff opens a new absurd legal front, ”the FCN lawyers told AFP. “Nothing is serious: Cardiff assessed its so-called damage at 17 million euros and was totally dismissed. Now, before the Commercial Court of Nantes, Cardiff considers that this same damage would be worth more than 100 million euros! “, they are surprised.
“We are very confident about the analysis that the Nantes commercial court will make of these extravagant requests. The FCN will not fail to seek compensation for the damage that these abusive procedures have caused it for more than four years”, add the lawyers, denouncing “a new demonstration of the incomprehensible relentlessness of Cardiff”.
Cardiff wants to be reimbursed for its first draft
According The Team, the Welsh club is also claiming nearly 10 million additional euros corresponding “in particular to the reimbursement of the first draft with interest” of the transfer of Emiliano Sala, “which Cardiff has already been summoned to settle”. Cardiff City is also asking for the Nantes club to be ordered to pay it two million euros for the “reputational damage suffered” in this case, according to the sports daily.
28-year-old Argentinian player Emiliano Sala died in January 2019 in a plane crash over the English Channel while joining his new club, Cardiff City, to which he had been sold by FC Nantes. .