Overview
- Cardiff City’s compensation lawsuit, heard in the Nantes commercial court and decided Monday, was rejected in full.
- The court found Nantes was not responsible for the flight that crashed in 2019 and said Cardiff did not suffer reputational harm.
- Judges ordered Cardiff to pay €300,000 to Nantes for moral damage, with reports also noting additional legal costs.
- Cardiff had sought more than €120m for lost income tied to relegation and argued an agent linked to Nantes helped arrange the trip.
- Earlier rulings by the Court of Arbitration for Sport and FIFA had confirmed the transfer as complete and required Cardiff to pay the remaining fee, while a 2021 criminal case found the flight’s organiser guilty and noted the pilot lacked proper licenses.