EPL side Cardiff City’s top execs are "furious" about football agent Willie McKay’s admission that he "deliberately inflated" Emiliano Sala’s transfer price, according to Herbert & Harris of the London DAILY MAIL. The club is gathering information that could lead to it suing him or trying to avoid paying the £15M ($19.4M) fee. Malaysian Owner Vincent Tan has a "track record for going after people he believes have wronged him" in the transfer market -- previously pursuing former Manager Malky Mackay and three agents "all the way to the High Court" in a claim for £10M damages. McKay’s admission that he "deliberately spread stories about rival clubs’ interest" -- revealed in an email he sent to Sala -- is viewed by execs at Cardiff as possible "price manipulation." Cardiff last week sought written testimony from other EPL clubs "touted as possible buyers" about whether they "really had any interest" in Sala, who died in a plane crash last month, three days after signing for Cardiff City. At least one of those clubs said that there was "no interest" and they had "not even watched Sala play." McKay’s admission that he had sought to "artificially inflate the price" came in an email to Sala which he released to the French newspaper L’Equipe (DAILY MAIL, 2/17).
