The family of Cardiff City footballer Emiliano Sala has thanked fans, the football community and all who have shown support since his plane went missing in the Channel.
A family member was quoted saying this in a statement which also went on to state that they can now start to mourn the footballer whose death came as a shock to a lot of people in the footballing world.
After a long search, the remains of the Argentinian player was formally identified following its recovery from the submerged wreckage off Guernsey.
“We can now begin to mourn our son and our brother. We would like to thank you for all of your signs of affection and support in the most painful time of our life. To see everyone doing everything possible to join us in the search has been a precious help to us”
The family said their thoughts were also with the family of the 59-year-old pilot of the plane, David Ibbotson, whose body has not yet been found, saying “we hope the authorities do everything possible to find him”.
Recall that Sala had returned to France to say goodbye to his teammates at Ligue 1 club Nantes and was flying to Wales on January 21 to join up with his new club following his 17-million-euro ($19.3 million) transfer. The plane, a Piper PA-46 Malibu, vanished from radar around 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of Guernsey.
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