According to this website https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/fo...anquedecontenu
"A first procedural hearing is scheduled for Thursday afternoon before the Nantes Commercial Court in the Sala case, after the civil proceedings initiated in mid-May before the civil justice system by the lawyers of the Welsh club Cardiff City. against FC Nantes according to the daily L'Équipe . At its conclusion, a procedural schedule must be established knowing that the two clubs will be represented by their respective counsel."
Can't see the whole article without subscribing, and you can't read any of L'Equipe's article without a subscription. Sounds like just a preliminary hearing, but I guess it could be thrown out there and then if it's hopeless.