Christian Atsu’s whereabouts stay unknown greater than every week on from the earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria, the previous Newcastle United midfielder’s agent has stated.
After the magnitude 7.8 and seven.5 earthquakes that struck on February 6, there have been preliminary studies that Atsu, who has been with Turkish facet Hatayspor since final summer time, had been rescued from the rubble of a constructing that collapsed within the catastrophe.
But the 31-year-old Ghanaian’s agent Nana Sechere subsequently posted messages on Twitter on February 8 and 9 saying Atsu was but to be discovered.
And Sechere issued one other replace on Tuesday confirming that, whereas two pairs of his sneakers had been discovered, that remained the case, with a sequence of tweets studying: “It has been nine days since the earthquake and we still have not located Christian.
“I am at the quake site in Hatay with Christian’s family. The scenes are unimaginable and our hearts are broken for all the people affected.
“During my time here we have been able to locate Christian Atsu’s exact room location, and we have found two pairs of his shoes.
“Yesterday we received confirmation that thermal imagery was showing signs of up to five lives, however, I am told that the only real confirmation of life is through sight, smell and sound, and unfortunately we were not able (to) locate Christian.
“This is a difficult situation and we are extremely grateful to all the Turkish and foreign rescue teams, local civilians and volunteers for their efforts and response in rescuing survivors. However, we urgently need more resources, including a translator, on the ground.
“Things are moving incredibly slow and as a result of that 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.
“Their position and influence, accompanied with their local knowledge would be extremely helpful. We implore the president of the club and mayor of Hatay, Lutfu Savas to provide additional resources to speed up the rescue efforts as a priority.”
The demise toll from the quakes that hit south-eastern Turkey and northern Syria has handed 35,000.