A Cardiff City player has today released text messages between him and Emiliano Sala which show how the £15 million player's doomed flight was arranged. The private flight between Nantes to Cardiff disappeared from radar over the English Channel on its way to Cardiff on Monday night. In one message Jack McKay tell Sala his father would be able to arrange the plane for free 'if he helps him to score goals'. Officials at the Welsh club are 'increasingly concerned' about the circumstances that led to the striker's disappearance and payments to Sala's old club Nantes have now been frozen. A message on the web fundraiser, which carries the Spanish language hashtag #NoDejenDeBuscar Emiliano Sala and means 'Don't Stop Looking for Emiliano Sala', said: 'This fund was created in response to the urgency of the situation and the authorities' decision not to pursue the search.

Source: Daily Mail January 26, 2019 12:58 UTC