Asamoah Gyan, the captain of Ghana’s senior national football team, the Black Stars, has announced his retirement from football and also recused himself from the 209 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon).
In a statement posted to his official Twitter page, Asamoah Gyan said: “I wish to recuse myself from the tournament”, adding: “I also wish to retire from the national team permanently; not pretending my presence would not fuel the purported undermining the country has seen under my captaincy.”
Explaining his reason for retiring from the team, Gyan said: “Upon consultations with my family and team, and as an active footballer and captain of the national team, if the decision of the coach is to give captaincy of the tournament to another player while I am named in the team of the tournament, I wish to recuse myself from the tournament.”
“As an active footballer yet to retire, I have been in the team since 2003 and have played with some members of the technical team who were my seniors.
“Through such periods, there were no times substantive captains were part of a team in a tournament and had to surrender their captaincy to other players and served in different capacities. Mr. Richard Kingson and Stephen Appiah would be in the best position to understand this.”
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An explanation to his retirement reason. First example is the Argentinian national team: Macharano was the captain of the team but it was given to Messy for two consecutive World Cup whilst Macharano was still in the team. If you’re a real professional you should learn about the history of the game before comment. It happened to Kwasi Appiah before; ask him please. Thank you!!!!!
Others were captain before him!! Others will come after him!! Tell him to GO TO HELL!!!
Good riddance
Very sad We need baby jet Ghanaians are always ungrateful
Asamoah Gyan's retirement is long overdue because he has way gone past his prime. The game needs young and athletic players who can kick and run for 90+ minutes. BABY JET we thank you for your meritorious service over the years.
why should the captainship be taking from him to Dede Ayew or another player? what has Dede done for black star? why is it that Dede always create problem for the black star?