Cardiff City appeal against paying £5.3m Emiliano Sala transfer fee to be heard in spring 2020

pCardiff Cityapos;s appeal against the Fifa ruling to pay Nantes #xA3;5.3m for the transfer of Emiliano Sala will be heard next spring, it has been confirmed./p pIn September, a data-content-type=news data-link-tracking=InArticle|Link href=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/emiliano-sala-breaking-cardiff-city-17007197Fifa ordered the Bluebirds to pay/a the French club the first instalment of payments Nantes would have been owed for the move./p pThe Cardiff club then announced it would appeal the ruling to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)./p pNow, CAS have confirmed the hearing for the appeal will likely take place in spring next year, with a decision unlikely to be made until next June./p pA CAS statement read: quot;The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has registered the appeal filed by Cardiff City Football Club against Football Club de Nantes in relation to the decision issued by the Bureau of the FIFA Playersapos; Status Committee on 30 October 2019 (the challenged decision)./p pquot;In accordance with the code of Sports-related Arbitration, the rules governing CAS procedures, an appeal arbitration procedure has been opened./p pquot;The counsels for Cardiff City FC and for FC Nantes have agreed to set an ad hoc procedural calendar. A hearing is likely to be fixed in spring 2020./p pquot;A final award is not expected before June 2020. CAS will not comment any further on the ongoing proceedings.quot;/p pCardiff believe they are not liable for the damages caused by the tragic death of the 28-year-old striker, who died after the plane he was flying in crashed into the English Channel last January./p pThe club say the Argentine was not officially a Cardiff player at the time of his death./p pFifa had warned that Cardiff a data-content-type=news data-link-tracking=InArticle|Link href=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/cardiff-city-could-hit-three-17194610could be hit with a three-window transfer ban/a if they failed to comply with the governing bodyapos;s ruling. The Bluebirds were given a 45-day period in which to pay the first instalment of #xA3;5.3m, but that period became void due to entering the appeal process./p