Veteran Ghanaian coach J.E Sarpong says Asamoah Gyan’s decision to retire from the black stars is a big blow to the nation going into this year’s Africa Cup of Nations.
Ghana’s all-time leading scorer Asamoah Gyan on Monday announced his retirement from the Black Stars barely a month to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations after a decision to strip him of the captaincy.
Gyan who is the country’s all -time leading scorer with 51 goals, represented the nation at the 2006, 2010 and the 2014 world cups.
He is also the top African goal scorer in the history of the world cup with six goals. coach JE Sarpong insists we’ve shot ourselves in the foot.
“I am even shocked because a half fit Nana Asamoah is even better than some players in the team on any day”
” I feel there is something wrong somewhere and we have really shot ourselves in the foot “he told Starr FM Sports
“I told him to resign from the black stars long time ago but he didn’t listen to me “Coach Sarpong added
