Cardiff City’s record £15 million signing Emiliano Sala is missing and presumed dead after his private plane went off radar on Monday night at 8.23pm.
The Piper PA-46 Malibu plane had taken off from Nantes Atlantique airport around an hour earlier and disappeared north of Guernsey as it made its way to Cardiff.
An audio message said to be from Emiliano Sala has been released where he appears to refer to how his aircraft “seems to be falling apart”.
The plane which new Cardiff City signing Sala and a pilot were travelling disappeared on Monday near the Channel Islands after taking off from Nantes and heading for Cardiff.