“I used to be advised that Christian Atsu was on the ninth flooring of the collapsed constructing with 9 different gamers and a couple of officers. 3 gamers and one official have been rescued. Membership officers are on the scene because the search continues. Our brother will likely be protected. Insha Allah. Confidence,” Adams wrote on his Twitter.
Earlier media reviews steered that Atsu and his membership director Tanur Savut, who have been believed to be in Turkey on the time of the incident, have been left underneath the rubble.
It was additional reported that the search operations led to the rescue of a few of Atsu's teammates.
Greater than 2,000 individuals have died to date and rescuers are struggling to tug survivors from the rubble after a devastating earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, leaving destruction and particles on both sides of the border.
One of many strongest earthquakes to hit the area in a century jolted residents from their beds round 4 a.m. Monday and despatched tremors so far as Lebanon and Israel.
The 7.8-magnitude earthquake was epicentered 23 kilometers (14.2 miles) east of Nurdagi in Turkey's Gaziantep province at a depth of 24.1 kilometers (14.9 miles), america Geological Survey (USGS) mentioned.
Christian Atsu got here off the bench to attain for Hatayspor within the Turkish league final night time.
The 31-year-old scored his first objective for the membership as Hatayaspor beat Kasimpasa.
“An necessary win for the staff. I'm glad to get on the scoresheet,” wrote the previous Chelsea participant on Twitter.
Atsu was introduced on within the 82nd minute for his third look of the marketing campaign, changing French striker Rayan Aabid.
Atsu scored in stoppage time and it was the distinction within the Spherical of 23 fixture as Hatayspor moved out of the relegation zone to 14th within the desk.
