New claims reveal that Christian Atsu was not the person found a couple of days ago in the rubble following the earthquake in Turkey and his whereregardings remain a mystery 3 days following the devastating earthquake in the Middle East.
Volkan Demirelcoach of Hatayspora team from the Turkish first division, denied this Wednesday the information that its Ghanaian international player Christian Atsu had been rescued and said that he had not yet heard from the former malaguista or the club’s sports director, Taner Smokes.
In statements to the newspaper HurriyatDemirel assured: “Please, do not write that you have survived without being sure that he has survived. People have families, hopes, sorrows and pains that are increasing.
“There is still no news regarding Atsu and Taner Savut. I wouldn’t say this if they were in the hospital. We are going through very difficult times”, declared the coach.
Apparently, the confusion might be due to some mistake in IDas told to the press by the doctor of the Hatayspor, Gurbey Kahveci.
“When we heard the news that they had taken him to the Hospital Dortyol We went looking for him but he wasn’t there. At the moment and unfortunately it seems that (the sports director) Taner Savut and Christian Atsu they have not been found,” the doctor said today.
The Club Doctor of Hatayspor says, at the moment, the Turkish club are concluding that Christian Atsu is not the one who was found on Monday night.
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The club announced yesterday that international footballer had been rescued alive but his situation was unknown. The 31-year-old striker, who scored in his last game last Sunday, has also been a member of the Porto, Chelsea or Newcastle, among other clubs.
The city of Hatay It is regarding 180 kilometers south of the province where the magnitude earthquake had its epicenter. 7,6 that devastated southeastern Turkey, causing more than 11,200 dead in Turkey and Syria.