Emiliano Sala

Brazilian went over to the cameras to make the number 24 with his fingers in honour of NBA legend’s shirt number

Amount corresponds to first instalment of the €17m Cardiff had agreed to pay Nantes before Sala died in plane crash

Forward died when a plane carrying him and pilot David Ibbotson came down in the Channel on January 21

More than 3,000 mourners came to pay respects while Argentine President Mauricio Macri sent his condolences

Tributes from the football world poured in after the body from plane wreckage was identified as Sala

The agency did not disclose the identity of the body

Aircraft carrying the 28-year-old footballer to Cardiff City disappeared near the British island on January 21

The Cardiff City forward's flight disappeared after the Argentine completed a transfer from Nantes

28-year-old had been travelling to his new club Cardiff City when the plane went missing last weekend

Captains of both sides also laid a bouquet of flowers on the pitch before kick-off

The family's calls for the search to recommence were echoed by Lionel Messi and other players

Hundreds of Nantes fans gather in support of the missing 28-year-old and chanted his name with hopes of any good news

28-year-old signed from French club Nantes for a reported $19.3 million fee and scored 12 league goals this season