Emiliano Sala was put under pressure before plane crash death, inquest hears

Player's mother, Mercedes Taffarel, tells jury her son felt in the middle of the dispute' over transfer to Cardiff City

The footballer Emiliano Sala was put under pressure to complete his multimillion-pound transfer to the Premier League before he died in a plane crash as he headed to his new club, an inquest jury has been told.

Sala's mother, Mercedes Taffarel, said the weeks before the private plane he was in crashed into the Channel as he travelled from Nantes in France to Cardiff seemed very intense".