Cardiff ordered to pay. According to information from The TeamFIFA has again just won the case against FC Nantes in the dispute between it and Cardiff, after the accidental death of Emiliano Sala, transferred to the Welsh club in January 2019. Cardiff City will therefore have to settle the two last installments (5 and 6 million euros) of the transfer compensation which had amounted to 17 million euros.
Until then, the Welsh leaders refused to pay the bill, even after the appeal of this decision was dismissed before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The club will also have to pay interest on these debts up to 5%. Contacted by our colleagues from The Team, the club confirmed that FIFA had “ordered them to pay” the remaining 11 million. On the side of FC Nantes, we are “rejoiced at this new victory before FIFA”.
Cardiff demands more than 100 million euros from FC Nantes
But this victory does not mean the end of the legal battle that Cardiff is waging against the Canaries. Indeed, the club has initiated civil proceedings before the Commercial Court of Nantes and is still claiming more than 100 million euros in compensation from the FCN. The first “pre-trial” hearing, which took place on June 22, was to allow the positions of the two parties to be discussed and a procedural timetable to be set.
The classic treatment of a dispute before the commercial court generally lasts 12 to 18 months “but it is too early to decide on a deadline”, specify the lawyers of FC Nantes, Jérôme Marsaudon and Louis-Marie Absil, of the firm. Reinhart Marville Torre. “Cardiff has been leading a very offensive and very warlike strategy against FC Nantes since the death of Emiliano Sala and is a diehard in all its procedures”, indicate the latter.