Sickening Emiliano Sala chant condemned by club as "unthinkable and despicable"

Nice have condemned their own fans over a sickening Emiliano Sala chant during their clash with St Etienne.

French Football News reports that during the ninth minute of Nice's 4-2 victory over St Etienne on Wednesday, a section of supporters sang a distasteful chant about Sala, who died in January 2019 in a plane accident over the English Channel.

The song allegedly translates to: “He’s an Argentine, who can’t swim well, Emiliano under the water.”

It comes a few days after the Ligue 1 outfit's defeat in the Coupe de France final by Nantes, Sala's former club. It is a twist on a song by Bordeaux and Nantes fans that pays tribute to the forward : “He’s an Argentine, who never gives up, Emiliano Sala, Emiliano Sala.”

And Nice have strongly condemned the actions of their own supporters, calling the chant "unthinkable and despicable."

The club said in a statement: “The club does not recognise at all its values nor those of the red and black family in this unthinkable and despicable provocation from a minority of its supporters.”

Nice manager Christophe Galtier slammed the minority of supporters in question. He said after the match: "I have no words to describe what I heard. One of the first reactions in the dressing room was not chanting or cries of joy, or relief. It was to speak about what the players had heard. In the name of my dressing room, of my technical and medical staff, from the players, we would like to offer our apologies to Emiliano Sala’s family and to FC Nantes."

He told L'Equipe, via French Football News : "You hear a lot of things in stadiums, but these people – and there weren’t just three of them – if they’re not happy, they can come to the training ground and I’ll say the same thing to them. We