Volkan Demirel, The coach of Hatayspor, a team from the Turkish first division, on Wednesday denied the information that his Ghanaian international player Christian Atsu had been rescued and said that he still nOr did you have any news about the ex-malaguista nor the sports director of the club, Taner Smokes.
In statements to the newspaper HurriyatDemirel assured: “Please, do not write that it has survived without being sure that it has survived. People have families, hopes, sorrows and pains that are increasing.”
“There is still no news about Atsu and Taner Savut. I wouldn’t say this if they were in the hospital. We are going through very difficult times,” said the coach.
Apparently, the confusion could be due to some identification error, as the doctor from the hospital told the press. Hatayspor, Gurbey Kahveci.
“When we heard the news that they had taken him to Dortyol Hospital We went looking for him but he wasn’t there. At the moment and unfortunately it seems that (sports director) Taner Savut and Christian Atsu have not been found,” the doctor said today.
The club announced Tuesday that the international footballer had been rescued alive but his condition was unknown. The 31-year-old striker, who scored in his last game last Sunday, has also been a member of the Porthe Chelsea or the Newcastleamong other clubs.
The city of Hatay is about 180 kilometers south of the province where the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that devastated the southeast of Turkeyso far causing more than 11,200 deaths in Turkey and Syria.
