We had plans of setting up The Number 30 Foundation to help the needy – William Amamoo

Former Ghana goalkeeper, William Amamoo, says he is devastated by the death of Christian Atsu.

The 31-year-old was confirmed dead on Saturday morning by his Turkish agent following the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on February 6.

Atsu was declared missing when the incident struck and was discovered dead after 12 days of search by the rescue team and his agent.

According to the former Black Stars goalkeeper, he had an upcoming project with Christian Atsu and a meeting was scheduled for May 12, 2023 in Sweden.

The project called The 30 project was aimed at helping the poor and needy in the society.

Amamoo explained that The Number 30 project was born out of the jersey numbers they both used at club level

Speaking in an interview on Wamputu Sports on Happy 98.9FM with Joe Debrah, William Amamoo shared his memories with Christian Atsu and how devastated he was when he heard the news of his death.

“It was very hard to take the news of Atsu’s death. I took a flight to Turkey to go and visit him in when the news came out he was taken to the hospital. I spent three days and returned.

On The Number 30 project

“It has really affected me. We had a project that we were going to do and he wanted us to put our Foundation together. He was supposed to meet me on May 12, 2023. Atsu wanted us to extend the charity works across the country and I asked him why he had the will to help others even do we also extend charity to others.

“He even came up with the idea of The 30 project and I was expecting him in Sweden in May. Atsu’s vision will never die it must continue”, he added.

Christian Atsu one week observation has been set for March 4, 2022.