The stays of Ghanaian footballer Christian Atsu, who was discovered lifeless two weeks after the tragic earthquakes that decimated Türkiye on Feb. 6, might be laid to relaxation in his native house Ghana on March 17, in response to Robert Ann, a household spokesperson who confirmed the news Monday.
Ann declared {that a} grand state funeral might be held for the late Atsu, the previous participant for Hatayspor, Chelsea and Newcastle United, and his household will honor his reminiscence in mourning till his burial.
Atsu, 31, was discovered lifeless final month after going lacking following the most important twin earthquakes that hit southern Türkiye.
His physique was despatched to Ghana on Feb. 19.
Atsu, who joined Hatayspor final yr, had beforehand performed for a number of European groups, together with Everton, Chelsea and Newcastle United within the English Premier League in addition to Portuguese membership Porto.
He was a member of Porto’s 2013 Portuguese championship squad.
Atsu additionally scored 10 objectives in 60 caps for Ghana.
The dying toll from the highly effective earthquakes that struck southern Türkiye has risen to 48,448, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu mentioned Monday.
On Feb. 6, the magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 quakes struck 11 provinces – Adana, Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Elazığ, Hatay, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye and Sanlıurfa.
More than 13.5 million folks in Türkiye have been affected by the devastating quakes in addition to many others in northern Syria.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
