There are stories that should never last so long. The one that surrounds the tragic death of Emiliano Sala is one of them. Six years after the crash of his plane, when he joined Cardiff after signing from Nantes, the judicial soap opera continues. The hearing that was to be held on September 22 has just been postponed again, on December 8. A new deadline, a new adventure in a file that never ceases to stretch.
Six years later, football has still not done justice to Emiliano Sala
The reason for this postponement? The late communication of “new pieces” by the Cardiff club, which forced FC Nantes to ask for more time to study them. It is the procedure game, some will say. But at this stage, it is more and more like an indecent circus. While the lawyers of the two clubs go away with press releases and dilatory maneuvers, a family is waiting. It is waiting for justice to be done, that the responsibilities be established, to finally be able to start turning the page.
Because basically, that's what it is about. Behind the millions of euros at stake – the 17 million of the transfer that Nantes claims, the 120 million compensation that Cardiff requires – there is a mowed life. And this battle of ragpickers, where each party accuses the other, prevents to focus on the essentials.
Football in what is most cynical
This case has become the symbol of football that has lost all decency. A world where a human drama turns into a simple commercial dispute. Cardiff accuses Nantes of being responsible for the flight, Nantes accuses Cardiff in bad faith … And during this time, the memory of Emiliano Sala is sali, instrumentalized, transformed into a legal argument.
Football, sometimes, knows how to be magnificent. But in this story, he shows his most cynical, coldest face. This postponement is only one more episode in a saga that should have ended for a long time, out of respect for the player's memory and for the pain of his relatives. It is time for the circus to stop.
