FC Nantes
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| Nickname(s) | Les Canaris (The Canaries) |
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| Arena/Stadium | Stade de la Beaujoire |
| Manager | Vahid Halilhodžić |
| Leagues | France Ligue 1 |
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| Locations | Nantes, France |
| La Chapelle-sur-Erdre, France | |
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| ID | 733353 |
About FC Nantes
Football Club de Nantes, commonly referred to as FC Nantes or simply Nantes, is a French association football club based in Nantes, Pays de la Loire. The club was founded on 21 April 1943, during World War II, as a result of local clubs based in the city coming together to form one large club.
Cardiff City: Football club told to pay Sala transfer balance
... Meanwhile, French prosecutors have confirmed several employees of Fc Nantes have been arrested...
Emiliano Sala: Search for answers over fatal crash continues
... Thirteen potential defendants have been listed in the civil case, including Henderson, the plane s owner Fay Keely and the British agents behind the transfer, Willie and Mark McKay, as well as both Cardiff City FC and Fc Nantes...
Emiliano Sala's funeral to take place in hometown in Argentina
... As well as Cardiff s delegation of Warnock and chief executive Ken Choo, Sala s former club Fc Nantes has been represented by defender Nicolas Pallois and its general secretary...
Emiliano Sala: Family's tribute to Cardiff City footballer
... Emiliano will forever be part of the legends that have written the great story of Fc Nantes...
Emiliano Sala: Tributes to striker at Arsenal v Cardiff game
... A picture of a daffodil was placed next to where the former Fc Nantes striker s name would have been, in a gesture described as an incredibly touching one by fans...
Emiliano Sala: 120,000 euros raised for private search
... The under-19s at Fc Nantes have shown, wearing t-shirts with Sala s face and the words We Love You, Emi Sala sister Romina has also said she is convinced , Emiliano, and the pilots are alive somewhere in the channel ...
Emiliano Sala: Probe into missing footballer's flight
... Sala Ex-club of Nantes, together with many of his players, Ms Sala calls, namely: Fc Nantes learned, searches for the missing plane has been cancelled...
Emiliano Sala: Search for footballer and pilot called off
... His former club Fc Nantes also...
Cardiff City: Football club told to pay Sala transfer balance
Cardiff City has been ordered to pay Nantes the transfer balance for Emiliano Sala , who died in a plane crash before he could play for the Welsh side.
The Bbc has been told that Fifa has told the Championship club to pay More Than €11m (£9. 45m).
That covers The Last two instalments of the €17m agreed between the clubs.
Meanwhile, French prosecutors have confirmed several employees of Fc Nantes have been arrested.
That is as part of an investigation into Money Laundering and tax fraud.
In a statement, Nantes Public Prosecutor 's office said the Fc Nantes club manager, his deputy General Manager and Two People , including a players' agent, were placed in police custody but have since been released pending an investigation.
Cardiff City has been in dispute with Fc Nantes over the transfer fee since the striker's death in January 2019.
The Argentinian had just become then Premier League side Cardiff City's £15m record signing when a plane carrying him from France to Wales crashed into the English Channel .
In May, The Club said it would continue legal action against Fc Nantes through the French courts after a Swiss Federal Tribunal decided The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) did not have The Power to deal with The Club 's claim for damages.
Cardiff failed in its appeal to the CAS over the Fifa ruling, and in January paid The First instalment, believed to be around £7m, of the Sala fee to Nantes.
Fifa then lifted a transfer embargo.
On Friday, The Club issued a statement confirming the decision by Fifa they should pay The Final two instalments.
But it questioned the timing of the Fifa ruling, saying: " It would have been fairer if the requirement to pay Fc Nantes had been deferred until the conclusion of the French police investigations and The Club 's claim against Fc Nantes in the French courts. "
Separately, French investigators confirmed on Friday they were investigating employees of Fc Nantes over A Number of charges including:
Philippe Astruc, District Attorney for The Court of Justice of Rennes said: " The French Football Federation has instituted civil proceedings before the investigating judge, as part of its mission to regulate The Activity of sports agents in the discipline of football and to defend the moral and material interests of French football.
" The investigations mainly focused on the analysis of contracts, bank accounts and financial flows, with analysis of the numerous documents seized during The Search .
" A laundering of large-scale Tax Evasion would also have been updated against one of the protagonists"
Cardiff City claims Sala's transfer had not been finalised at The Time of his accident.
In May they launched.
Nantes Commercial Court said last week it would hold a hearing on the merits of that case, probably in The Second quarter of 2024.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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