No Competent Coach Will Select Gyan For World Cup
No Competent Coach Will Select Gyan For World Cup - Ex-Ghana International Shares Opinion
Former Hearts of Oak and Kotoko star Charles Taylor believes that no competent coach will consider Asamoah Gyan for the 2022 World Cup.
Earlier in August, Gyan told BBC that he intends to return to the Black Stars ahead of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
This announcement divided opinions among fans on social media.
When asked about this option, Taylor was totally against it.
“We have regular fitness and match fitness. Even those who get injured and return struggle to hit the ground running,” Taylor said on Angel FM.
“We are not talking about history; we’re looking at current performance. He has done his bit for the country.
“A fit and firing Gyan will have a free ride to the World Cup but let’s ask what he is training for. I don’t think any competent coach will entertain this. We can’t take someone who is not playing for any club.”
Asamoah Gyan has scored 51 goals for the national team so far in his career.
Short Profile
Gyan began his career in 2003 with Ghanaian Premier League club Liberty Professionals scoring ten goals in sixteen matches then spent three seasons with Serie A club Udinese via two seasons loan at Modena netting on fifteen occasions in 53 league matches and at Udinese where he scored 11 times in 39 league matches. In 2008, Gyan joined Ligue 1 club Rennes, netting fourteen times in forty-eight league matches during two seasons. In 2010, Gyan joined Premier League club, Sunderland, breaking the club’s transfer record and netting on ten occasions in thirty-four Premier League matches during two seasons.
In 2011, Gyan joined Al Ain of the UAE Pro-League on loan and became the league’s top goal scorer, scoring 24 times in 27 matches. In the following season, Gyan permanently joined Al Ain and once again became the league’s top goal scorer while he helped Al Ain retain the UAE Pro-League title, scoring an impressive 28 goals in 32 matches. In the 2013–14 season, Gyan scored on 44 occasions in 40 matches with Al Ain.
Gyan is the all-time leading goal scorer of the Ghana national team, with 51 goals. He represented Ghana at 2006, 2010, and 2014 FIFA World Cups. With 6 goals, he is the top African goal scorer in the history of the World Cup. Gyan has also represented Ghana at the 2004 Summer Olympics and in seven Africa Cup of Nations in 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2019, helping them finish in third place in 2008 and runner-up in 2010 and 2015. He launched his memoir, titled ” LeGYANdry” at the Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel in Accra.