EXCLUSIVE: Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan out for three weeks with hamstring injury, doubtful for Canada friendly
By Patrick Akoto
Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan could miss next month’s international friendly against Canada after being ruled out for two to three weeks with a hamstring injury, GHANAsoccernet.com can exclusively reveal.
The Black Stars and Shanghai SIPG striker hobbled off during his side’s humbling 3-0 defeat against Guangzhou Evergrande in the Chinese Super League last Saturday.
The 29-year-old had to be replaced after just 18 minutes after he picked up the problem.
GHANAsoccernet.com can report that the former Al Ain goal-machine will require a minimum of three weeks to fully recuperate, which put his involvement in the country’s international friendly against Canada next month in doubt.
The Black Stars all-time leading scorer has struggled with recurrent injuries since he joined the ambitious Chinese side in a mega deal two months ago.
The former Sunderland hitman missed the country’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Rwanda after sustaining a knock on his knee but seems to have aggravated the problem during the Chinese Super League game.
He could thus miss next month’s international friendly against Canada in Washington as he will require enough time to heal completely from the setback.
The Black Stars will take on Team Canada on October 13 in the United States in a high-profile friendly game.
Ghana coach Avram Grant will use the friendly exercise to prepare for the 2018 World Cup qualifier against either Lesotho or Comoros in November.
Gyan is Ghana's undisputed greatest striker of all-time having scored 48 goals in 93 appearances.
Readers Comment
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Sam va
10 years ago
Time to try other strikers like Assifuah since boakye yiadom was a huge disappointment in the rwanda game
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franky
10 years ago
In the average of every 2matches played by boakye yiadom, he scored 1goal. So he need to be encourage because he's our future black stars striker to replace gyan.
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truth
10 years ago
Boakye yiadom is a great striker and will be the best replacement for gyan. we can't judge him in the game against Rwanda because their pitch was very very poor for an international match. Go and check the goals scored by Boakye during national assignment and you will see he deserves more than the chance given to him so far.
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