Cardiff and Nantes agree to delay first of £15m payment for Emiliano Sala as row of insurance payments continue

NANTES and Cardiff have agreed to defer the first instalment on Emiliano Sala’s £15million transfer fee.

The messy aftermath of the transfer, following the tragic Argentine’s death, looks to have taken a step forward as the Bluebirds pushed back the date of their first payment.

According to the , the case could go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport if the two sides cannot agree on when to pay the transfer fee.

Sala died when his light aircraft crashed into the English Channel on January 21.

Meanwhile, it has emerged that a Cardiff blunder could have cost Sala’s family £600,000 in insurance payouts.

According to the , players automatically become part of the PFA’s pension scheme as soon as they are registered with the top flight organisation.

And the PFA’s death-in-service payment to families is valued at £600,000.

The Professional Footballers’ Association is reportedly pursuing the pension fund for them to honour the payment, even though he was not registered with the Premier League.

Cardiff made an error in their paperwork when registering the player and the league handed the forms back to the club, asking them to clarify details and re-submit them over the £15million deal.

That required Sala to re-sign documents, but he was tragically never able to before he died on January 21 when his light aircraft crashed into the English channel en route from Nantes to Cardiff.