sport news Cardiff cancel Tenerife training break after Emiliano Sala tragedy

Cardiff cancel Tenerife training break to let players spend time with their families after Emiliano Sala tragedy Neil Warnock has abandoned plans for Cardiff to take a mid-season break  He wants players to spend time with family after the death of Emiliano Sala  Tributes were paid to Sala ahead of Cardiff's league match at Southampton 

By Press Association

Published: 09:37 GMT, 11 February 2019 | Updated: 09:38 GMT, 11 February 2019

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Neil Warnock has abandoned plans for Cardiff to take a mid-season break so that he and his players can reflect on the Emiliano Sala tragedy in privacy with their families.

Following Saturday's crucial 2-1 victory at Southampton, Cardiff do not play again until they host Watford on February 22, and Warnock had been preparing to take his squad to Tenerife ahead of the run-in that will determine whether they preserve their Premier League status.

January signing Sala's body was discovered on Thursday in the crashed plane that had been taking him to Cardiff, and the manager believes the players will benefit from time with their families.

Neil Warnock has abandoned plans for Cardiff to take a mid-season break this week

Neil Warnock has abandoned plans for Cardiff to take a mid-season break this week

Warnock wants players to spend time with family after the tragic death of Emiliano Sala

Warnock wants players to spend time with family after the tragic death of Emiliano Sala

Tributes were paid to Sala ahead of Cardiff's Premier League match at Southampton

Tributes were paid to Sala ahead of Cardiff's Premier League match at Southampton

Cardiff captain Sol Bamba previously revealed some of the players had become fearful of flying since the incident.

Warnock, 70, said: 'The club gave me permission to fly out to Tenerife, to take them all for four days, but after what's

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