Claire Rupio, associate of soccer participant Christian Atsu who stays lacking after two devastating earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria on Monday, has referred to as for gear to be despatched to the collapsed constructing the place the Hatayspor winger was dwelling.
Atsu, was reported to have been rescued from the rubble with accidents and transported to hospital after the quakes. However, Hatayspor director Volkan Demirel instructed Reuters on Wednesday the Ghanaian participant was nonetheless lacking.
“The club was confirming that they had found him and that he was alive and had taken him to hospital, and 11 hours later my children had to hear on the radio that they still didn’t know where he was,” Rupio instructed BBC News on Friday.
“I still pray and believe he is alive,”
“I appeal to the Hatayspor club, the Turkish authorities and the British government to send the necessary equipment to get people out of the rubble, especially my partner and father of my children,” she added.
Rupio, who lives in Newcastle, England, the place Atsu as soon as performed, confirmed that Nana Sechere, the participant’s agent, is now in Turkey making an attempt to achieve the constructing in Hatay that Atsu is inside.
“The situation remains the same, Christian Atsu has still not been found. Unless I see Christian, or speak to him, I have no further updates,” Sechere posted on social media on Thursday.
Atsu, 31, joined Hatayspor in September of final 12 months after practically a decade at English golf equipment Chelsea and Newcastle United.
The Premier League mentioned on Friday it will likely be donating a million kilos ($1.20 million) in response to the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
Players and officers will put on black armbands for this weekend’s spherical of Premier League fixtures.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com