Nantes Pay Tribute to Emiliano Sala

French Side Nantes have paid tribute to Emiliano Raúl Sala before their league game against AS Saint-Etienne on Wednesday Evening.

The  28-year-old Argentine Striker was in a plane which went missing over  the English Channel last week on his way to Cardiff to complete his £15million club record move to Cardiff city.

Nantes in their first game without Sala paid tribute with a gigantic centre-circle mural of the missing footballer before fans made use of yellow and green cards to spell out his name in the stands and also laid flowers outside of the Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau before the kick-off.

The game was paused in the tenth minute in honour of the argentine forward, this emotional scenes brought tears to Nantes manager Vahid Halilhodzic.

  

Nous n'oublierons jamais ce numéro 9⃣ 💛#FCNASSE | #PlayForSala pic.twitter.com/06SgSg0bns

— FC Nantes (@FCNantes) January 30, 2019

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Has Maurizio Sarri Lost his Touch?

Italian Maurizio Sarri’s job as the coach of Chelsea could well be on the line, as they were handed their heaviest league defeat since 1996 in their 4-0 defeat to fellow premier league side Bournemouth and dropped to the fifth position in the leauge.

Bournemouth which had been previously battered in 10 consecutive fixtures against the established top six teams since defeating Chelsea 3-0 a year ago, had a brace from Joshua Christian Kojo King and goals from David Robert Brooks and Charlie John Daniels to thank for the victory in a game that also saw Chelsea new signing Gonzalo Gerardo Higuaín given his league debut.

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Chelsea fans concerned over choice of new striker

Fans of English Premiere League side Chelsea have raised concerned that the blues signed the wrong striker in Gonzalo Gerardo Higuaín.

The former Juventus striker who formerly played with Chelsea manger Maurizio Sarri while the former was at Napoli, was on loan at A.C Milan, before agreeing to move to the Stamford Bridge on loan.

Milan replaced Higuain  with  the purchase of   Genoa forward Krzysztof Piatek for £30million, the polish 23-year-old striker had previously scored 19 goals in all competitions this season for Genoa, and he  continued his rich scoring form in his debut, as he bagged a brace in A.C Milan  2-0 victory over Napoli in  the Copa Italia Quarter final.

check  out the tweet below

Chelsea signed the wrong striker #Piatek #ACMilan #Chelsea

— Stanley (@Yungstano) January 29, 2019

Chelsea should have legit gone for Piatek rather than Higuain!😂

— Edem  Doe. (@Akwasi__) January 29, 2019

Reckon Chelsea made a mistake not buying Piatek

— MarkO (@Mark_The_O) January 30, 2019

Piatek already with a brace, while Higuain turning down penalties. #Notmystriker #ChelseaFC #CFC #Chelsea #Piatek @ChelseaFC

— MrMojoRisin (@ImTheDuDe86) January 30, 2019

Higuain first start at Chelsea: Refuses to take a penalty

Piatek first start for Milan: Scores a brace against Napoli

ANOTHER LEONARDO MASTERCLASS!!!!!

— Milan Bangers (@acmilan_sa) January 29, 2019

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