Former Black Stars captain Stephen Appiah is the most recent football celebrity to sign the book of condolences for the late Christian Atsu.
On February 22, 2023, Stephen Appiah paid a condolence call to Christian Atsu’s family and paid a visit to their home.
Following visits by Asamoah Gyan, Haminu Dramani, Baffour Gyan, Sulley Muntari, and Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu, Appiah paid the house in Ashaley Botwe, Accra, a day earlier.
In a previous interview with Dan Kwaku Yeboah TV, Stephen Appiah described how he met Atsu’s in the Black Stars camp.
Appiah also spoke about Christian Atsu’s best performance while wearing the national team uniform.
“During that period, he was on the left and one Agyepong guy was on the right, and the way he troubled the opponents, Partey scored three goals in that game.”
“I think that match made me appreciate him more. Before that match we did a team meeting and everyone expected me to speak but I refused because I was tensed,” he said.
“So later I met him on the corridor and I called him into my room for a discussion. I told him the match would depend on three players which includes him.
“After the match, the Congo coach came to me and asked who the player on the right wings was and I told him he is our Ghana Messi,” Appiah added.
Christian Atsu’s body was recovered from the rubble of a building he had been trapped in for over 12 days on Sunday, February 18, 2023.
Atsu, thus, became one of the over 40,000 lives that were consumed by the earthquake that hit parts of Turkey and Syria on February 6, 2023.
Following the arrival of the body on Sunday, February 19, the family has disclosed that a one-week ceremony for the late footballer will be held on March 4, 2023.
31-year-old Christian Atsu left behind a wife and three children who are all based in the United Kingdom.