Leaked WhatsApp messages show Cardiff offered Emiliano Sala a commercial flight

A series of leaked WhatsApp messages have shown that Emiliano Sala was not ‘abandoned’ by Cardiff, as claimed by agent Willie McKay.

McKay has claimed the Premier League club let Sala make his own travel arrangements after his £15 million transfer from Nantes.

McKay arranged the flight that crashed in the Channel last month, killing the 28-year-old.

A series of WhatsApp messages have shown that Emiliano Sala was not ‘abandoned’ by Cardiff 

Agent Willie McKay has claimed Sala was left to sort out his own travel arrangements

But these messages, procured by French outlet Ouest-France, show a Cardiff Player Liaison Officer offering a commercial flight to the striker.

The messages were sent before Sala’s return flight from Nantes to Cardiff after he said farewell to his former club and team-mates.

Sent in a mixture of French and Spanish, they show Sala declining the offer as he already had a flight sorted after McKay called him.

McKay told the BBC on Thursday night: ‘He was abandoned in a hotel more or less to do his travel arrangements himself.

But a series of leaked WhatsApp messages show he was sent commercial flight details

Sala was in conversation with a Player Liaison Officer at the Premier League club

‘Nobody in Cardiff seemed to be doing anything. It was a bit embarrassing for Cardiff.

‘They buy a player for £15m and then leave him in a hotel by himself to go on the computer and look for a flight – I think Cardiff let themselves down badly.

‘The way they’ve acted so far, they’ve been a disgrace.’