The Ghanaian winger’s Turkish membership, Hatayspor, say he stays lacking following the earthquake, a day after he was reportedly rescued.
Ghanaian winger Christian Atsu stays lacking in Turkey after devastating earthquakes struck the nation and Syria, his membership has informed information businesses, regardless of earlier experiences that he had been rescued.
On Tuesday, Atsu, 31, was reported to have been pulled alive from the rubble of a constructing in Turkey’s southern Hatay province and transported to hospital with accidents following Monday’s magnitude 7.8 earthquake and its aftershocks.
However on Wednesday, Hatayspor coach Volkan Demirel mentioned the seek for Atsu was persevering with.
“There is no such thing as a info on his whereabouts but, we don’t know the place he's,” Demirel informed the Reuters information company. “It’s not the case that he was pulled out or taken anyplace else.”
On Tuesday, membership vice chairman Mustafa Ozat informed Turkish media that Atsu had been rescued and that the membership’s sporting director, Taner Savut, remained below the rubble.
Nevertheless, Hatayspor’s physician Gurbey Kahveci informed Turkish media on Wednesday that they may not find Atsu or Savut.
“[The club was told Atsu] ‘was taken to Dortyol Hospital’, and when the information got here, we went and appeared, however he's not there,” Kahveci mentioned.
“Sadly, we settle for that Taner and Christian Atsu haven't been discovered in the mean time.”
Atsu’s picture agent Gaynor Frascione mentioned she was anxious about her consumer.
“Everyone seems to be attempting to find wherein medical centre he may very well be,” she informed the AFP information company.
“We don’t know [if he’s still alive]. There have been additionally 18 Ghanaian college students on this constructing, the ambassador for Turkey mentioned he was rescued, a physician made an announcement, nevertheless it’s full mayhem,” she added.
Atsu, 31, spent 4 seasons at Chelsea earlier than a everlasting switch to Newcastle in 2017. He signed in September for Turkish Tremendous Lig aspect Hatayspor, based mostly in Hatay, close to the epicentre of the earthquake.
He wore the final of his 60 Ghana nationwide caps in September 2019.
Dozens of countries have supplied support because the earthquake hit with freezing climate hampering emergency efforts. The newest estimate of the loss of life toll in Turkey and Syria is greater than 16,000.
The Turkish Soccer Federation introduced within the wake of the earthquake that each one membership video games had been postponed indefinitely.
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