Emiliano Sala ‘forced’ to get on the plane, says friend
Mearns explained that the research will continue for the next three days and then it will be decided whether to recover the aircraft, within which a body would have been identified. Meanwhile, the controversy spreads after the words spoken to America Noticias by the friend of Sala, Maximiliano Duarte: "There is a guilty in this story since Emiliano didn’t want to get on that plane. That evening, I had advised him to give up, given the weather conditions".
Sala had agreed to join Cardiff from Nantes and Italy coach Roberto Mancini sent scouts to watch him as the striker had a double Argentinean-Italian passport and could've been eligible to play for the Azzurri.