Emiliano Sala’s body has arrived in Argentina hours before his funeral tomorrow.
The body is being driven to Progreso, around 538km (334 miles) northwest of the capital Buenos Aires, for a vigil and wake in the coming hours.
The striker will be laid to rest in his homeland after the plane he was travelling to Cardiff in crashed into the English Channel on January 21.
His remains were discovered in the crashed Piper Malibu, on February 3, after a private search team found the plane. The official search for him and pilot David Ibbotson was called off after a week.
Sala was being flown from Nantes, France to Cardiff after the club signed him for £15million.
Cardiff manager Neil Warnock and chief executive Ken Choo have travelled to Argentina for the funeral.
The wake to celebrate his life will be held at football club San Martin de Progreso, where Sala played as a boy.
Two employees of the burial house set up chandeliers at San Martin Club gymnasium ahead of Emiliano Sala's funeral in Progreso
Yellow flowers are displayed in front of the portrait of Argentinian forward Emiliano Sala at the Beaujoire stadium in Nantes, France
Mirta Taffarel, aunt of Emiliano Sala, cries while waiting for his remains, outside a funeral home in Santa Fe
Progreso, where the wake of late Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala will take place in Santa Fe, Argentina on February 1
His remains were flown into Ezeiza International Airport, Buenos Aires on Friday before being taken to his hometown of Progreso, where a vigil is to be held.
San Martin de Progreso posted an emotional tribute on Facebook, saying: ‘We are waiting for you…like the first day you left but this time to stay with us forever.
‘You went and you are an example for everyone. Eternally in our hearts.’
