The body of Cardiff City
footballer Emiliano Sala was returned to Argentina on Friday ahead of his wake
and funeral in his home town of Progreso. His body was slowly escorted out of
the Buenos Aires airport by police vehicles, and was driven to Progreso, where
his vigil will take place. His vigil will hold in the gymnasium near his
youth-club headquarters.
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| Sala's body arriving ahead of funeral |
Emiliano Sala
died at 28, on his way to his new club Cardiff, in a plane crash over the
English Channel. A privately-funded underwater search led to the discovery of a
body in the plane's wreckage on February 3. On February 6, the body was
retrieved and later formally identified as Sala's. The plane's pilot, David
Ibbotson is yet to be found though presumed dead.
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| Mirta Taffarel, Emiliano's aunt, watches the van take off with the coffin |
Sala's family
issued a statement thanking the public after Sala's body was identified. "We would like to thank you for all your
signs of affection and support in what is the most painful time of our
lives," read the statement.
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| Church in Progreso where Sala's funeral will hold |
"We ask you to respect our grief in these
difficult times, and to keep Emi in your prayers and thoughts."
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