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Body recovered from wreckage of Emiliano Sala’s crashed plane as ex-team reportedly demands payment

British authorities announced they had recovered a body from the wreckage of the small plane that crashed into the English Channel while transporting Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala from France to his new team in Wales, per reports Wednesday. The identity of the body, which could be the 28-year-old athlete or 59-year-old pilot David Ibbotson, has yet to be disclosed, pending a coroner’s examination.

Wednesday also brought news that Sala’s former team, France’s Nantes, is pressing the team to which it sold him, Cardiff City, for an installment on his $19.4 million transfer fee. According to the BBC, Nantes is threatening legal action against Cardiff, demanding the first of a scheduled three payments of approximately $6.