Former Christian Atsu teammate Danilo has revealed a heartwarming tale about his friendship with the late Ghanaian player.
When Atsu moved from the youth squad to the first team in the 2011–2012 season at Porto, the two played together.
Danilo remembered the enjoyable times he shared with Atsu during team lunches and dinners, when the Ghanaian wouldn’t spare a bone, in a heartfelt tribute posted on Instagram.
“Moments considered ‘normal’ can teach us great lessons,” Danilo wrote on Instagram.
“I remember well, our FC Porto lunches or dinners at the Sol Verde hotel, in Espinho, Portugal, where you always ate all the chicken and also the bone. That’s right. The bone.
“We, in our superficiality, always laughed and said: ‘Why so hungry Atsu?!”
Atsu never took the trolls’ seriously, and Danilo went on to explain why he had no mercy for food.
“That is until that day, even without having to, and always taking everything lightly and with that wide smile, he explained to us that he had the habit of also eating the bone, because in childhood I learned not to waste anything that I had to eat, because I didn’t know when and what it would be the next meal. Damn, what a gut punch, if that’s worth the pun.”
Danilo claims that on Atsu’s final day at Porto, Atsu requested for his shirt and pledged to tell his children that he played alongside Danilo.
“Between us, those last days of FC Porto where you asked me for a souvenir shirt saying: ‘When I’m a dad, I’ll tell my kids that one day I played with Danilo. ‘
“Just saying, you were an inspiration without even knowing. I’ll tell my kids that I played and met such a human being like you. Rest well, brother.”
Christian Atsu died on February18,2023, after his lifeless body was discovered in the rubble of an earthquake in Turkey.
Source: Pak MediaGh.com