Former Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan, according to controversial sports journalist Daniel Kwaku Yeboah, is still better than all current Black Stars forwards.
According to him, no striker in the current Black Stars set-up is ahead of Gyan with the exception of Inaki Williams, who recently declared that he will represent Ghana ahead of Spain.
“The truth is that, with our current strikers, Asamoah Gyan is better than them but if Inaki Williams is available, no coach will play Asamoah. It is not that he is better than Asamoah but he is active and he is a very good player. But for Felix Gyan and the likes, he is better than all of them. But Williams is good,” he said on Peace FM.
Gyan, who has been inactive for over a year, on Tuesday, August 16 declared his intentions to be part of Otto Addo’s 2022 World Cup squad.
Gyan said he is training intensively to shed weight in time for the tournament scheduled for November 2021.
“Talent-wise, everything is there already, so I just have to prepare physically,” he told the BBC World Service.
“The World Cup is every footballer’s dream. I think I’ve got a bit of energy left in me to prove myself once again.
“I’ve been out for almost two years now due to injuries but I just need to get my body back in shape. It’s an eight-week program and according to my physical instructor, I’m improving faster than he thought. Then I must see how my body reacts to playing competitive football.”
Gyan however disclosed he is yet to engage the technical team of the Black Stars on his decision to join the team.
“I haven’t announced my retirement. Anything can happen, you know. It’s happened before, talking about Cameroon in 1994, with Roger Milla coming back from retirement to play in a World Cup.”
Gyan has 51 goals in 101 appearances for the Black Stars and was part of Ghana’s teams for the 2006, 2010 and 2014 World Cup tournaments.
