Ghana’s all-time top scorer, Asamoah Gyan has opened up about his relationship with Hearts of Oak legendend Bernard Don Bortey.
The former Sunderland marksman recounted how Bortey’s generous gesture left him in awe.
“He has helped me, he is a free-spirited guy. Those days Dong Bortey was on top of his game. I remember we were in camp when he came with a backpack full of money,” Gyan told Dan Kwaku Yeboah in an interview.
He added, “we were mates but we were not that close, so he opened his bag and asked me to take the amount I wanted. I was hugely surprised.”
According to Gyan, he promised to pay back Dong Bortey when he also makes it in life. He added that the Hearts of Oak legend is one person who has a big heart.
“I took out a bundle of cash and I told him the day I will also make a lot of money, I will also repay him for his good deeds.
“He is someone who can give you a hundred million if even that is his last money on him. I’m a bit emotional… people don’t really know him but he does things from his heart,” Gyan said.
“He was supposed to be up there but things happen in life. People don’t know about my relationship with him but once in a while we talk. He is a good guy,” he added.
Bortey enjoyed an illustrious nine-year spell at Hearts of Oak where he won four league titles as well as one Caf Confederations Cup trophy in 2004.
He emerged the league’s joint-topscorer in 2001-02 season.
The tricky attacker was also capped twenty-seven times for the Black Stars, scoring 9 goals.
