More than five years have passed since the tragic death of Emiliano Sala during a flight from France to Cardiff, but passions are still not dying down because of the case that has long since had nothing to do with football, nor with the suffering of the Argentinian striker.A few years ago, Cardiff initiated legal proceedings against Nantes and requested that a certain type of compensation be paid for the damage suffered, and the amount that was swirling at the start of the process has now reached completely new heights.According to the well-informed newspaper L’Eqipe, Cardiff requested that compensation for the economic damage suffered amount to 120,200,000 euros at a new hearing in the Commercial Court in Nantes!##NAJAVA_MECA_8053784##As per reports, Cardiff is asking for some kind of commercial compensation from Nantes, as certain economic analyzes estimated that the club would have almost 55 percent more chances to survive in the Premier League if the Argentine managed to play in the new team.As a reminder, Cardiff was relegated from the Premier League at the end of the 2018/19 season and has been a permanent member of the Championship ever since. Sala was paid €17,000,000 to Nantes in the winter of 2019, but he never got to play as he, against all advice, rented a small plane instead of traveling on a commercial flight and headed to Cardiff in the middle of a storm, after which he suffered a lethal accident…In Cardiff, they believe that in the period from 2019 to 2023, due to elimination in the Championship, they lost tens of millions of euros per season, and the club is also asking for two million euros in the name of reputational damage.Cardiff City are suing FC Nantes for €120.2 million after a study declared that they had a 54.2% chance of avoiding relegation with Emiliano Sala, per @lequipe.They will present the French club with an invoice of €120.2m. pic.twitter.com/lVnmXGfCse— Zach Lowy (@ZachLowy) April 21, 2024 On the other hand, Nantes persistently deny that they have anything to do with the whole case. They believe that Cardiff has no solid case and reason to ask for such money. They point to the moral damage the club suffers because of the whole case. They also filed a counterclaim, and the whole case is very complicated.It’s terrible what football has turned into and how a dead man’s name is dragged across the media for petty reasons…Orders by FIFA: Cardiff have to pay Nantes the rest of the Sala fee
