Cardiff City have strongly denied reports they are seeking a huge 80million compensation package from French club Nantes after they were said to be claiming that Emiliano Sala's death resulted in them being relegated from the Premier League.
Sala was due to sign for Cardiff in January 2019, but died in a plane crash on his way to finalising the transfer.
The Bluebirds went on to be relegated from the top flight four months later, finishing two points behind 17th-placed Brighton, and the club's manager at the time of Sala's death, Neil Warnock, felt the striker's goals could have kept them up.
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According to The Sun,the Welsh outfit are now pushing for 80m from Nantes, which they believe they lost in TV rights, advertising and sponsorship after dropping down to the Championship.
The claim was published in a book that came out on Monday named 'The Truth - The Killing of Emiliano Sala'.
However, the club have issued a statement saying: 'Cardiff City FC wish to clarify that there is no truth in today's press stories relating to a compensation claim being made against FC Nantes.
'The suggestions that have been made can be wholly dismissed as false.'
It is reported that Cardiff made the claim in their Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) appeal hearing, which is reviewing whether the Championship club should pay Nantes 15m for Sala - the agreed fee between...
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