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Cardiff: Nantes have threatened to sue over Sala payment

The Bluebirds claim they are looking into all the details of the deal to sign the striker, which is why they have yet to pay the Ligue 1 side

Cardiff City chairman Mehmet Dalman has confirmed Nantes have threatened legal action over the Bluebirds not yet having paid a transfer fee for Emiliano Sala.

Sala was heading to Cardiff after completing a club-record move from the Ligue 1 side when the Piper Malibu aircraft carrying both the player and pilot David Ibbotson disappeared on January 21.

The 28-year-old's body was recovered with the help of specialist contractors from the plane wreckage in the English Channel last week.