Emiliano Sala’s ‘secret lover’ speaks out following Cardiff striker’s death

Brazilian volleyball player Luiza Ungerer met late Cardiff striker Sala while playing for Nantes' female volleyball team. Luiza claimed she had been in a relationship with Emiliano Sala since 2017 and says she will love the dead striker forever. The native of Rio de Janeiro who has been playing volleyball in France for eight years, said she last saw Sala on her birthday 14th January. She said: “He said that he had gone to see Cardiff and that the deal was closed, he was going to play there. It made me really glad because he was very happy. It was his dream, to play in the Premier League, the best competition in the world.” She says she spoke to Sala on the day of his disappearance, but did not want to reveal what they spoke about, instead saying: “What I wanted was for him to come back. "There are lots of people asking me horrible things about the accident. It’s really difficult. “In the street, everybody recognised him, they came to speak to him and take a photo with him. I used to say: ‘Who the hell told you to score so many goals?’ “It was surprising for him because he’s a simple person and he didn’t understand it. "He has a pure heart, he has no bad intentions, he was even naive at times.”

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