Thousands of mourners attended the service in the 28-year-old's home town of Progreso in Argentina, with Bluebirds manager Neil Warnock among them. And those attending saw black labrador Nala outside the service as people went inside to pay their respects to the forward. Sala's plane disappeared over the English Channel last month as he made his was from Nantes to Cardiff, who he had just transferred to in a club record £15million deal. (Image: Getty Images)He got Nala shortly after his move to Nantes in 2015, and regularly shared snaps of the pair of them on social media. Following his disappearance and before his body was found, Sala's sister Romina shared a Instagram photo of Nala patiently waiting for the forward to return.

Source: Daily Mirror February 18, 2019 00:33 UTC