Sala has been missing since last Monday
The search is set to resume for Emiliano Sala after the target of £260,000 was met on a ‘gofundme’ page to fund the operation.
Sala disappeared last Monday night, along with pilot Dave Ibbotson, while travelling back from Nantes in western France to Cardiff, where he had just sealed a £15million club-record transfer.
Following an extensive search which saw rescue teams scour the English Channel for three days, Guernsey police search and rescue called off proceedings on Thursday after releasing a statement admitting the likelihood of survival for the pair was all but nonexistent.
The family of Sala immediately pleaded for efforts to continue, along with the player’s former club FC Nantes, who issued a personal request to Guernsey police via social media.
Since then, a gofundme page has been set up to raise funds in order to get air and water crews back out to sea, and figures from the footballing world along with supporters have rallied to the cause.
The cash appeal was launched by Sport Cover, the name of Emiliano’s agent Meissa N’Diaye’s Paris-based football agency.
Now, a privately-funded search looks set to restart after a number of huge donations from football players around the world tipped the gofundme total past £260,000.
On Sunday morning, Kylian Mbappe pledged £26,000 after Paris Saint-Germain team-mate Adrien Rabiot had earlier donated more than £21,000.
Several other footballers, including Arsenal captain Laurent Koscielny and Manchester City midfielder Ilkay Gundogan also donated large sums to boost the ever-growing total.- MailOnline
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