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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