Ghanaian soccer star Christian Atsu continues to be lacking after the earthquakes that wrought large devastation throughout elements of Turkey and Syria.
The former Chelsea, Newcastle and Everton star performs for Turkish Super Lig membership Hatayspor within the metropolis of Antakya in southern Turkey.
Reports emerged earlier this week that Atsu had been rescued from the rubble. However, his agent Nana Sechere subsequently tweeted that the soccer star was nonetheless lacking. “We are yet to confirm Christian’s whereabouts,” he wrote. “As you can imagine, this continues to be a devastating time for his family and we are doing everything we can to locate Christian.”
“I am currently in Istanbul,” Sechere tweeted Thursday. “The situation remains the same, Christian Atsu is yet to be found. Unless I see Christian, or speak with him, I have no further updates.”
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The soccer star’s companion Marie-Claire Rupio informed BBC News Friday that the soccer star continues to be lacking. “They know where the building is and they’re trying their best to rescue everybody,” she stated. “And they know that there are people still under the rubble but the problem is that they don’t have the equipment necessary to get them out. So he is still missing and we don’t know where he is.”
Rupio described the ache of coping with the conflicting experiences about Atsu which have emerged this week. “It was quite shocking, as you can imagine, if the club was confirming, saying that he has been found and alive and taken to hospital, and 11 hours later my children had to hear it from the radio, saying that they still don’t know where he is.”
Rupio and Atsu have three kids, in line with experiences.
“I still pray and believe that he’s alive,” Rupio added.
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The highly effective 7.8 magnitude quake rocked extensive swaths of Turkey and Syria early Monday, toppling hundreds of buildings. A second 7.5 magnitude quake additionally hit the area, in line with the Wall Street Journal. The demise toll from the earthquakes has topped 25,000.
Atsu represented Ghana on the 2014 World Cup and was voted participant of the event on the Africa Cup of Nations in 2015, the place Ghana completed runners-up.
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