A commercial court in France has dismissed Cardiff’s claim for more than £100m compensation after the death of Emiliano Sala. Seven years after the plane crash that killed Sala, Cardiff were seeking €120m (£104m) for loss of income and other damages from the player’s former team Nantes.

Rulings by Fifa, the court of arbitration for sport and Switzerland’s supreme court have gone against Cardiff in their legal dispute with Nantes since Sala died in January 2019.

The 28-year-old was signed by Cardiff from Nantes for a club-record fee of £15m as they tried to stave off relegation from the Premier League. The single-engine Piper Malibu aircraft the Argentinian was travelling in from France to begin his career with Cardiff crashed into the sea near Guernsey. The pilot, David Ibbotson, also died.

The court ruled Nantes were not at fault in relation to the flight and that Cardiff did not suffer reputational damages. It added that Nantes suffered moral damage and ordered Cardiff to pay €300,000.

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