Saints to ban fans over Sala plane gesture

Southampton have promised to ban supporters involved in mocking the death of Emiliano Sala by making aeroplane gestures during their match at home to Cardiff City on Saturday.

The Argentinian striker’s body was formally identified by an English coroner on Thursday, a day after it was recovered from underwater wreckage in the Channel.

However, after the game, video on social media appeared to show two men in the home section of St Mary’s Stadium seemingly making aeroplane gestures, in the direction of the away supporters.

Southampton confirmed both fans had been spoken to by police and intended to take “an extremely firm stance” over the incident.

The plane carrying Sala from the French city of Nantes to Cardiff, his new club, disappeared near the British island of Guernsey on January 21. Cardiff won the match 2-1. –