GHOULS PROFIT FROM SALA TRAGEDY

THE toll that Emiliano Sala’s death has taken on Neil Warnock has left many convinced he will leave Cardiff City this summer, even if he keeps the side up. But Nantes have far greater grounds for soul-searching. When Sala had reconciled himself to the Cardiff move, he wanted to be in the squad for the league game at Newcastle on January 19. But Nantes dragged their heels, insisting he play one last game, against Angers on January 20. A dispute ensued, which meant Sala reached Cardiff too late to play at Newcastle. At a loose end that weekend, he took a flight to Nantes to say his goodbyes and never made it back. The ghoulish arguments over Sala’s transfer fee were sadly predictable, but there are others in football trying to profit from the tragedy. Several agencies have received emails from a chartered flight company hawking its services in light of the ‘tragic loss of a light aircraft carrying a Premiership (sic) football star’. Some people have no class.