Christian Atsu’s agent shocked after discovering two pairs of shoes in rubble

It is with a heavy heart that his rep­re­sen­ta­tive announced today that two pairs of Chris­t­ian Atsu’s shoes have been found in the rub­ble of Turkey.

The for­mer New­cas­tle and Chelsea play­er was last seen at his home in Kahra­man­maras, Turkey, which was destroyed in a dev­as­tat­ing earthquake.

Agent Nana Sechere has con­firmed the 31-year-old has not yet been found and the search continues.

How­ev­er, two pairs of Ghana­ian shoes were found in the rub­ble of his apartment.

The soc­cer ace has been miss­ing since the mag­ni­tude 7.8 earth­quake that struck in the ear­ly hours of Mon­day, Feb­ru­ary 6th.

As the death toll in Syr­ia and Turkey con­tin­ues to rise, con­cerns about Atu are growing.

There are con­flict­ing reports that he was res­cued from the rub­ble, but his agency, Hatay­ish­por, denies this.

Cecile report­ed the sit­u­a­tion on her own Twit­ter account.

“We still don’t know Chris­tian’s whereabouts.

“I am at the earth­quake site in Hatay with my Chris­t­ian family.

“Such a scene is unimag­in­able and my heart aches for those affected.

“While I was here, I was able to pin­point the exact loca­tion of Chris­t­ian Atu’s room and found two pairs of his shoes.”

Atsu has been miss­ing for nine days, and his friends are said to have been devastated.

Sechere said, “Yes­ter­day, we con­firmed that up to five lives were con­firmed by thermography.

“How­ev­er, it is said that only sight, smell and hear­ing can actu­al­ly con­firm life, and unfor­tu­nate­ly Chris­tian’s where­abouts could not be determined.

This is a dif­fi­cult sit­u­a­tion and we are very grate­ful to the Turk­ish and for­eign res­cue teams, local civil­ians and vol­un­teers who have worked so hard to help and respond to the survivors.”

“How­ev­er, there is an urgent need for addi­tion­al resources, such as hav­ing inter­preters on site.

“Things are incred­i­bly slow and as a result many res­cues are delayed and lives are lost due to lack of avail­able resources for workers.

“It’s a shame that the club isn’t on the same page as us look­ing for Christians.

Their sta­tus, influ­ence and local knowl­edge should be of great help.”

“We appeal to the pres­i­dent of the club and the may­or of Hatay city, Luth­fu Savash, to pro­vide addi­tion­al resources to accel­er­ate the res­cue effort as a priority.”

The heart­break­ing appeal comes after some reports that Atsushi had been res­cued caused confusion.

On the night of the earth­quake, a video was shown of res­cuers with search­lights push­ing through the rub­ble of the hous­ing com­plex where Atsu lived.

At that moment, I heard his voice through the rub­ble. Accord­ing to local media, the voice of Tanel Saft, the man­ag­er of Hataysh­pol, was also heard.

After that, there was a report that he was saved in a mirac­u­lous res­cue play, but it is now denied.