Almost two weeks after the severe earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria, there is still no news about Christian Atsu.
Although it was initially circulated that the footballer had been rescued alive from the rubble, after a few hours they denied the version from his surroundings and the whereabouts of the Ghanaian striker with a past in the Spanish Premier and LaLiga are still unknown.
While the search for the 31-year-old attacker continues, a manager of Hatayspor, the Turkish club he was playing for, revealed that he
was close to leaving the focus of the earthquake just hours before it happened
.
What happened?
Christian Atsu in a 2019 Africa Cup match (Photo: AFP).
Atsu had not been having the continuity that he wanted at Hatayspor and he spoke with the DT to find a new club.
"
Christian had spoken to the coach asking him if he could take some time off after the game against Gaziantep: 'If I find a team, can I leave?' His request was accepted by Volkan Demirel and he did not play against Gaziantep," commented Fatih Ilek
. , manager of the Turkish team.
The Ghanaian striker did not play against Gaziantep, but he did spend eight minutes on the field against Kasimpasa on February 5, the day before the tragedy, and everything changed.
"
He was supposed to go to France to meet his family, but when he played well and scored against Kasimpasa, he canceled his plane ticket. The earthquake happened on his happiest day. He had a flight at 11 pm, but he canceled the ticket Then, at 4 in the morning there was an earthquake. A tragedy
, "concluded the Hatayspor leader.
Atsu was close to changing teams before the earthquake.
Your representative's claim
The Ghanaian figure is still missing after more than 10 days of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that devastated Turkey and Syria.
"We are still looking for Christian. We have asked AFAD (Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate) to post his photo in all local and national hospitals," said Nana Sechere, a representative of Christian Atsu.
The player's agent is in Hatay province with the athlete's family and requested more resources to find him: "
Things are moving incredibly slowly and, as a result, many rescues are being delayed and lives are being lost due to the lack of resources available to the workers. It is unfortunate that the club is not on the ground with us, side by side, in the search for Christian
."
The death toll in the earthquake in Turkey and Syria exceeds 40,000 (Photo: EFE).
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