SALA SAGA: FIFA TO MEET IN ZURICH THIS WEDNESDAY TO DECIDE

Emiliano Sala: FIFA to meet on Wednesday to decide Cardiff City and Nantes dispute
Sky Sports News

FIFA will meet in Zurich on Wednesday to decide on the dispute between Cardiff City and Nantes over the £15m transfer fee for Emiliano Sala, Sky sources understand.


Cardiff have refused to pay the fee for the Argentine striker, who had been due to join the then Premier League club in January of this year.

French club Nantes subsequently complained to world football's governing body and the long-running dispute appears a step closer to being settled.

The plane Sala and pilot David Ibbotson had been travelling in from France to the UK was found on the seabed of the English Channel in February after Air Traffic Control had lost contact with them on January 21.

The plane was discovered by marine recovery specialists who were hired thanks to a crowdfunding appeal launched after the official search was called off.

Sala's transfer to Cardiff from Nantes had been announced just two days before the plane disappeared as it carried him back to the Welsh capital.

Would be best all round to get this resolved

Would be best all round to get this resolved

A meeting about a meeting they held months ago? Ffs surely that can just come out with their findings seeing as it looks like neither side as compromised or agreed on way forward ?

The lawyers will decide the outcome, Fifa will make sure they are on a sound footing before making their decision.

I just started a thread on the saga,nantes have reportedly turned down an offer from city to settle the matter,seems they want the full transfer value,let's hope a decision is reached, sooner rather than later 0

The lawyers will decide the outcome, Fifa will make sure they are on a sound footing before making their decision.

Don't give it to the supreme court they will rule in favour of the French!

"Cardiff and Nantes are not attending the meeting of Fifa's players' status committee, which is taking place behind closed doors with a possibility of a ruling later on Wednesday."

Seemingly, both clubs have submitted their evidence and FIFA now have a decision to make; then there is a pathway of appeal for the aggrieved club(s) regardless of the ruling

Expect this one to run a little longer