Based on a report from a company specialized in “data science”, the Welsh club estimated possible goals from Emiliano Sala, with which they would not have been relegated.
Cardiff City estimated the damage suffered in the dispute against the French club at more than 120 million euros (about 128 million dollars) Nantes since the plane accident that cost the life of the Argentine striker Emiliano Sala in 2019, according to his lawyer.
After “an in-depth analysis” carried out by a judicial expert, “Cardiff’s damage is estimated at 120.2 million euros,” he told the French agency. AFP the Welsh club’s lawyer, Céline Jones, who confirmed information from the newspaper L’Equipe. This analysis will be presented to the Nantes Commercial Court, which must set the calendar for the process that has confronted the two clubs since the death in a plane accident in January 2019. Emiliano Sala.
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The 28-year-old striker died in the accident of the small plane that was taking him from Nantes to Cardiff, where he was going to be presented with his new team, after both entities agreed on the transfer of the Santa Fe footballer. Cardiff City consider that Nantes was responsible for the private flight and that the hiring of Emiliano Sala It was not yet effective at the time of the accident, which occurred in the English Channel.
Cardiff City hired a company specializing in data
The Welsh club claims before the Nantes Commercial Court compensation for the loss of income suffered by the entity due to the accident. Emiliano Sala. To estimate the value of the deal, Cardiff City hired a company called Analytics FCspecialized in “football data.”
The statistics prepared by the company indicated that, according to possible goals of Emiliano Sala and the expected points, the Welsh team would have been saved from relegation. According to the French newspaper L’Equipethe report states that if the Argentine had played 60 percent of the games until the end of the season, they would have maintained the category.
“If Sala had been able to play, he would have scored goals by force between January and June 2019 and Cardiff would have remained in the first division. It would be unrealistic to think that he would not have scored goals,” he said. Celine Jones at a hearing held in June 2023.
In another process related to this dispute, the FIFA court last year ordered Cardiff pay to Nantes what remained of the agreed transfer, that is, about 11 million euros of the 17 in which the operation was estimated.
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