(BBC) Premier League footballer Emiliano Sala was on a light aircraft which went missing over the Channel Islands.
The £15m Argentine striker, 28, was one of two people on board the Piper Malibu which lost contact off Alderney in the Channel Islands on Monday night.
Cardiff City, which signed Sala from French club Nantes in a record deal on Saturday, said it was “very shocked”.
Guernsey Police said there was “no trace” of the Cardiff-bound flight and his family said they felt “desperate”.
“We have found no signs of those on board,” the force tweeted.
“If they did land on the water, the chances of survival are at this stage, unfortunately, slim.”
Two planes and a lifeboat are still searching and the force said a decision about whether to continue searching overnight would soon be taken.
