Emiliano Sala’s dad dies of heart attack months after footballer was killed in plane crash metro.co.uk

The father of footballer Emiliano Sala who was killed in a plane crash has died after suffering a heart attack. Horacio Sala died three months after the tragedy in which the new Cardiff City FC signing lost his life in the English Channel. Mayor of Sala’s hometown Julio Muller said: ‘2019 doesn’t let up in shocking us with news in this town. ‘At 5 o’clock in the morning, the lady, his wife, rang me and she was very upset. The doctors were there but when I arrived at their home, he had already died.’ Horacio spoke about his pain at the loss of his son in an interview just days after the crash. He said: ‘I cannot believe it. This is a dream. A bad dream. I am desperate.’