Footballer Christian Atsu remains to be lacking after the Turkey earthquake on 6 February, his agent has mentioned.
Ghana worldwide Atsu has not been seen because the quake that brought about the collapse of the condominium within the metropolis of Hatay by which he was staying.
His membership Hatayspor initially reported he was rescued “with injuries” however a day later that position changed.
Nana Sechere, who’s in Hatay, mentioned they positioned Atsu’s “precise room location” and located pairs of his sneakers.
The agent additionally mentioned that thermal imaging cameras had proven indicators of “as much as 5 lives” beneath the rubble, however that it had not been attainable to substantiate these indicators.
He added that “issues are shifting extremely gradual” and so they “urgently want extra sources, together with a translator”, including that consequently “any rescues are being delayed, and lives are being misplaced.”
And mentioned it was “unlucky” that Atsu’s Turkish membership was “not on the bottom with us, aspect by aspect, within the seek for Christian”.
“Their place and affect, accompanied with their native information, can be extraordinarily useful,” he added.
Final week Atsu’s associate Claire Rupio called for equipment to be despatched to the collapsed constructing the place he was residing.
“It has been 9 days because the earthquake and we nonetheless haven’t positioned Christian,” Sechere tweeted on Tuesday.
“I’m on the quake website in Hatay with Christian’s household. The scenes are unimaginable and our hearts are damaged for all of the individuals affected.”
Atsu was staying in a constructing with numerous Hatayspor team-mates and officers. The membership’s sporting director Taner Savut can also be lacking.
Some survivors are nonetheless being rescued after the quakes and aftershocks in southern Turkey and northern Syria which are recognized to have killed greater than 40,000 individuals.