Cardiff City have said reports that they are seeking £80million in compensation because the death of Emiliano Sala in January 2019 led to their relegation from the Premier League "can be wholly dismissed as false."
The Championship club are alleged to have claimed in a Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing last month that they are entitled to the compensation because Sala's death cost them their top-flight status, according to the author of a book on the tragic passing of the Argentinian striker in January 2019.
A written judgment on the two-day hearing will be published at an unspecified date in the summer. Should CAS rule against Cardiff, they could go on to explore a case through the French courts. But the club have now denied the report, made by Harry Harris, the author of The Truth — The Killing of Emiliano Sala.
