Now that the Sala funeral is over, it seems that Cardiff City’s complaints are going to get louder. This has come from the Sun so comes with an automatic reality check but is supposedly a list of questions that have been sent in reply to the claim from Nantes Football Club.
1. Was Sala a Nantes player when he stepped on to the fatal flight?
2. Who arranged the flight and why did that person put him on a single-engine plane at night in difficult conditions, without adequate emergency apparatus?
3. Who took the decision to put Sala on the plane?
4. Why won’t the owner of the aircraft come forward?
5. Was the plane licenced to take commercial passengers?
6. Was pilot David Ibbotson in possession of a licence to carry passengers?
7. Was Sala third-party owned?
8. Are Sala’s previous club Bordeaux due 50 per cent of the transfer fee as part of a sell-on clause negotiated when he moved to Nantes in 2015?
9. What was transfer broker Willie McKay’s cut?
10. Was McKay’s commission, or part of the transfer fee, due to be split between other parties involved in the deal and, if so, to who?