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‘I am getting scared’- Cardiff striker Sala’s last message before plane disappeared

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Cardiff new singing Emiliano Sala [Courtesy]

English Premier League club Cardiff City’s record new signing, Argentine striker Emiliano Sala, is missing presumed dead after a light aircraft he was travelling in disappeared over the English Channel.

Sala, signed on Saturday from French club Nantes for a reported fee of $19.3 million (Sh1.9 billion), was flying to Cardiff aboard a small plane that disappeared from radars around 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of Guernsey on Monday night.

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