As tributes pour in for Argentine player Emiliano Sala, French club Nantes said they will retire the No. 9 jersey worn by Sala before he was sold last month to Cardiff in the English Premier League.
Meanwhile, the French league announced a minute's applause before matches.
Nantes said "Emiliano will always be among the legends who have written the great history of Nantes We have lost a friend, a talented player, an exemplary teammate.”
The 28-year-old Sala was flying to south Wales to start a new chapter in his career when his plane disappeared from radar on Jan. 21 above the English Channel.
The wreckage was found only on Sunday and a body recovered was confirmed as Sala's on Thursday. Authorities are yet to find pilot David Ibbotson, the other person on board the small aircraft.
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