- Emiliano Sala's body has been recovered from a plane wreckage 220 feet below the surface of the English Channel.
- His teammates at Cardiff City, who never got to play with the 28-year-old, led tributes on Twitter.
- The wider soccer industry have also been sharing their condolences.
- Cardiff, meanwhile, is embroiled in a legal row with the player's former club Nantes over the transfer fee it owes.
- Sala joined Cardiff in January and Nantes have yet to receive a single payment on the 15 million ($19.5 million) transfer fee.
- Nantes has reportedly threatened legal action.
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The body pulled from the wreckage of a plane discovered 220 feet below the surface of the English Channel has been identified as Emiliano Sala, and tributes from the soccer world have poured in for the deceased Cardiff City player.