Cardiff City FC rejects claims it tried to insure Sala after his death

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Cardiff City Football Club released a statement rejecting allegations it tried to insure Emiliano Sala for £20m after the striker’s death.

Sala’s plane crashed into the English Channel on 21 January 2019, killing him and the pilot David Ibbotson, just after the Cardiff City FC signed Sala from French club Nantes.

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