Tragic news from Argentina has revealed the father of Emiliano Sala - Horacio Sala - has passed away from a heart attack.

Just three months after losing his son in a plane crash, the 58 year old died in Progreso on Friday morning.

The news was confirmed by the town's mayor.

Emiliano was on the verge of completing a transfer from Nantes to Cardiff when his private plane crashed in the English channel.

Julio Muller, the Mayor of Progreso, said in a statement: "Today we woke up again with sad news in Progreso. 2019 has been very hard on us.

"Today at 5am Horacio's wife called me to tell me that he was ill. He woke up saying that his chest hurts him and she called the emergency services.

"Since we live 4 blocks away, I got there almost immediately. The ambulance was already there. But the paramedics couldn't do anything about it.

"Horacio had cardiac problems, but in the last few days he had been fine, so this is really shocking. I ran into him yesterday and we said hello. I think Horacio couldn't get over what happened to Emi. Every news he heard about the investigation was really tough for him."