Under-fire agent Willie McKay last night accused Cardiff City of “trying to throw me under the bus” as the fallout from the tragic transfer of Emiliano Sala intensified.
McKay, who helped set up Sala’s move, claimed the Welsh club they were attempting to shift blame for the striker’s death in a plane crash on to “an easy target”.
Cardiff are ready to launch a negligence claim against Nantes if an official report finds the pilot who of the plane did not have the correct licence.
And they are also threatening to sue McKay personally over his bid to “create an interest” in the 28-year-old in what the club claim is potential price inflation.
But McKay, who arranged the flight, insisted his “conscience was clear” and said he was “livid” over his treatment.
Taking aim at Cardiff owner Vincent Tan, chairman Mehmet Dalman and chief executive Ken Choo he said: “Cardiff City have shown no class at all. They are trying to throw me under the bus.
“The only flight everybody is talking about is the one that crashed, right? Cardiff knew everything [about every flight]. When are they going to come out and tell the truth?”
McKay confirmed none of the four previous journeys used the same Piper Malibu plane or pilot drafted in to take Sala back to Nantes to say his farewells before returning him to the Welsh capital.
Cardiff have refused to rule out calling for the Football Association, Fifa and even the police to investigate the £15million deal, on which they have frozen payments.