French Court Rejects Cardiff City Claim Against Nantes Over Emiliano Sala Death in Plane Crash

A French court rejected Cardiff City's 122 million euro claim against FC Nantes following the 2019 plane crash that killed striker Emiliano Sala.The judges ordered the Welsh club to pay 300,000 euros in moral damages after finding no evidence that the French team was responsible for the flight.This ruling follows previous decisions by FIFA and the Court of Arbitration for Sport that confirmed the transfer of the Argentine forward was finalized.Cardiff had argued that the presence of the record signing would have prevented their relegation from the Premier League during that season.
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