Emiliano Sala 'will leave an eternal memory' says emotional Nantes coach – video

Nantes head coach Vahid Halilhodzic could not hold back his tears as he recalled his memories of former player Emiliano Sala at a news conference on Friday. 

‘At the beginning, we were all convinced that maybe we would find him alive somewhere,’ Halilhodzic said. ‘But after a day, two days without news, we knew that unfortunately, the hope has died.’ 

Sala had agreed to join  Cardiff for a club-record fee of £15m from the French club, but his plane crashed on the way to south Wales on 21 January. 

Police confirmed on Thursday that Sala’s body had been recovered from the plane’s wreckage in the English Channel, and added that an investigation into the circumstances of the crash was continuing.

source: theguardian.com