The plans to honour Emiliano Sala at tonight's Arsenal v Cardiff City match -
Tuesday 29th January 2019
Cardiff City and Arsenal will both honour missing striker Emiliano Sala at the Emirates tonight as the Bluebirds return to action for the first time since his disappearance.
Both team captains will lay a floral tribute on the pitch ahead of the match, but black armbands will not be worn at the request of the family.
Some teams wore the armbands on Saturday before the FA was informed the family did not want this as Sala has not been confirmed dead. You can read that story here.
Chief executive Ken Choo has revealed their plan to remember the Argentine, with further tributes planned for the home match against Bournemouth next Saturday. Staff and fans will wear yellow daffodils at the Arsenal match.
Choo said earlier this week: "At this point in time we haven't finalised everything, but we will be wearing yellow daffodils on behalf of the club (against Arsenal)," Choo said.
"It is a yellow flower, the flower of Wales and has significance to Nantes. We feel for FC Nantes, their fans and players. They definitely know Emiliano better than we do and it is tougher for them, at this point in time."
The official search for Sala and pilot David Ibbotson was called off on Thursday evening with no trace of them or the Piper PA-46 aircraft having been discovered by rescue teams. A new private search is now under way. You can read the very latest live updates here.
On Friday afternoon Sala's distraught sister Romina was at Cardiff City Stadium to see the mass of tributes left around the foot of the Fred Keenor statue.
She insisted she still believes her brother is alive, and Choo also said he and the club hope the search can be resumed. The Sala family say they will conduct a privately funded attempt to locate their loved one.
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