Emiliano Sala: Nantes plead for search into their former striker to resume after he disappears on plane en route to new club Cardiff

Emiliano Sala: Nantes plead for search into their former striker to resume after he disappears on plane en route to new club Cardiff
Emiliano Sala’s former club Nantes have reacted with anger at the decision to formally call off the search for his missing plane and have demanded it be resumed.The French clubs call came as the Argentinian striker’s sister begged rescue workers to keep looking for the plane.Emiliano Sala’s flight disappeared over the English Channel on Monday night4
Emiliano Sala’s flight disappeared over the English Channel on Monday night
Nantes supporters have gathered to lay flowers for Sala after learning of his disappearance4
Nantes supporters have gathered to lay flowers for Sala after learning of his disappearance
An emotional Romina Sala, speaking in Spanish, told reporters in Cardiff that she believes her brother and his pilot are still alive.Ms Sala travelled to South Wales to meet Cardiff City bosses after a light aircraft carrying her brother, 28, and pilot Dave Ibbotson disappeared from radar on Monday night.Guernsey’s harbour master Captain David Barker earlier confirmed the ‘difficult’ decision to end the search, saying the chances of survival were ‘extremely remote’.The single-turbine engine Piper PA-46 Malibu left Nantes for Cardiff at 7.15pm on Monday, and after requesting to descend, lost contact with Jersey air traffic control.Nantes have been shell shocked by their former team-mate’s disappearance4
Nantes have been shell shocked by their former team-mate’s disappearance
Cardiff signed Sala for a club record 15million to bolster their attack and he had been due to start training on Tuesday.Sala, who has scored 12 goals in Ligue 1 season, was on Nantes books for three-and-a-half years before sealing a dream move to the Premier League.Upon learning the news, his former side posted on Twitter: FC Nantes has learned of the abandonment of the searches for the missing plane.These cannot stop. The club and its supporters are demanding that the searches for @EmilianoSala1 continue, for his family and his family. Together, for Emi!’Nantes boss Vahid Halilhodzic, centre, comforts Nantes’ Ghanaian forward Majeed Waris4
Nantes boss Vahid Halilhodzic, centre, comforts Nantes’ Ghanaian forward Majeed Waris
A number of Sala’s former team-mates also urged rescue workers to continue looking, with Nantes captain Valentin Rongier tweeting: The search can not stop!“Help us encourage the police to continue searching. We need everyone.Let’s fight as Emi does all the time, please. #PrayforSala @GuernseyPolice.Defender Anthony Walongwa called for a much deeper investigation, adding on Twitter: The search should not stop until we know more!”

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Abdul Majeed Waris, on loan at Nantes from Porto, also tweeted: Miracles do happen. They need to keep searching and not give up.Nantes coach Vahid Halilhodzic was visibly emotional as he paid tribute to Sala in an interview with reporters at the club’s training ground, describing him as a real warrior.We have to respect the decision of the family who, for the moment, have had no confirmation, so hope still exists,” he said.We are still waiting for a surprise. I hope that arrives very soon. It is for that reason that we do not want to hold either a tribute to him or a minute’s silence.’ Rescue teams have scanned around 1,700 square miles and examined mobile phone data and satellite imagery but found no trace of the aircraft.Three planes and five helicopters racked up 80 hours combined flying time looking for the plane, working alongside two lifeboats and other passing ships.


Nantes coach Vahid Halilhodzic has pleaded with authorities to resume the search for his missing former player Emiliano Sala. Guernsey Police on Thursday ended their search for Sala, who was on board a Piper Malibu aircraft with pilot David Ibbotson when the plane went missing en route to Cardiff from Nantes on Monday.
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DON'T STOP Sala, 28, and pilot Dave Ibbotson left Nantes for Cardiff on Monday night in a single-turbine engine Piper PA-46 Malibu Emiliano Sala's former club Nantes have reacted with anger at the decision to formally call off the search for his missing plane and have demanded it be resumed.
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On 20 July 2015, Sala joined Ligue 1 club Nantes on a five-year contract with Nantes paying a reported transfer fee of €1 million to Bordeaux. He made his debut for Nantes on the opening day of the 2015-16 season, during a 1-0 victory over Guingamp, and scored his first goal for the club on 5 December 2015 in a 1-1 draw with Ajaccio.


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DON'T STOP Emiliano Sala: Nantes plead for search into their former striker to resume after he disappears on plane en route to new club Cardiff
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