FIFA have ruled that Cardiff City must pay French club Nantes £5.3million for the transfer of tragic striker Emiliano Sala.
The figure is the first instalment of the club-record fee that the Welsh side had agreed to pay for the Argentine, who tragically died in an airplane crash in January.
A declaration from world football’s governing body said: “In a meeting held on 25 September 2019 the FIFA Players’ Status Committee established that Cardiff City FC must pay FC Nantes the sum of EUR 6,000,000, corresponding to the first instalment due in accordance with the transfer agreement concluded between the parties on 19 January 2019 for the transfer of the late Emiliano Sala from FC Nantes to Cardiff City FC.”
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