Cardiff manager on Emiliano Sala funeral: "The whole village is united"

Friends and family carry Sala's coffin to waiting hearse for journey to Santa Fe for cremation

Cardiff city was well represented at Emiliano Sala's funeral, with a delegation made up of manager Neil Warnock, CEO Ken Choo and liaison officer Callum Davies. Davies was due to welcome Emiliano at Cardiff Airport on the fateful night of January 21.

Warnock (left) and Davies (right) at Sala's funeral

Warnock spoke to reporters at the service and said it was a very emotional day.

"It has been a very emotional morning. Mercedes (Sala’s mother) has been an immense woman this morning. Everyone she has met has had their own memories of Emiliano and it has brought tears to her eyes. His father is the same, and his brother and sister. It is like the whole village is united and it is amazing how they have coped with it.

We were very fortunate last night to speak with Mercedes and Romina in the hotel and to have some quiet time. The pride Mercedes has in her son has just shone through all day.

Things like this don’t happen in football. I have been a manager nearly 40 years and I’ve never known anything like this. It has been so emotional. People say ‘he never played for you’ but he was my player. I chased him, I wanted him. I’ve got goose pimples talking to you. He was my type of player - a scruffy player with a big heart.

Cardiff CEO Ken Choo at Sala's funeral

As a person I don’t know anyone who has a bad word to say about him.

We wanted to come here and I’m pleased and proud we did. We had an hour with Mercedes. She is crying every five minutes because everyone has their memories. It has to be traumatic for her but she is coping. The whole family are united in their grief." - Neil Warnock

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