Asamoah Gyan: I'm not in great shape to play for Black Stars
Ex-Ghana commander Asamoah Gyan has conceded that he's not in great shape to play for the Black Stars.
Gyan hasn't played for the public group since including at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt.
Nonetheless, he remains Ghana's most covered player with 109 appearances and the nation's record-breaking top scorer with 51 objectives.
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Having been avoided with regards to Ghana's crew for the 2021 AFCON, many have contemplated whether the 36-year-old will at any point get back to the Black Stars.
Responding to this in a meeting with Accra-based Peace FM, Gyan said he really wants to procure his call-up, it he's as of now not in great shape to concede that.
"I haven't resigned however I need to acquire the call-up. I want to prepare and join a group and play out," the previous Sunderland star said.
"I want to acquire the call-up and not on the grounds that I have scored loads of objectives it ought to be given to me on a platter.
"I should be fit and playing effectively and when they welcome me, I'll have the option to respect the call-up… To play, I should be in great shape. I realize I'm normally gifted and can do everything on the pitch, however actually I don't believe I'm prepared."
Gyan additionally uncovered that swearing off taking a punishment during the 2015 AFCON last against Ivory Coast remains his greatest lament as Black Stars chief.
The 36-year-old was the captain of the Black Stars group that arrived at the last of the AFCON seven a long time back, barely losing to the Ivory Coast on punishments.
In spite of taking a two-objective lead during the punishment shootout, Ghana wasted the benefit as the Elephants won 9-8 on punishments.
At that point, Gyan had pardoned himself from taking more time for the public group following his expensive misses against Uruguay in the 2010 World Cup and Zambia in the 2012 AFCON.
To this end, when the 2015 AFCON last extended into additional time, Gyan requested to be subbed before the following punishment shootout.
"As commander, I'll say it was in 2015 [AFCON] when I requested to be subbed against Ivory Coast in the last.
"I feel like on the off chance that I was not subbed, I might have helped in the punishment shootout. In any case, because of certain things that were going on, I believed I expected to allow the opportunity to another player.
"This was on the grounds that I had pardoned myself from taking punishments. Be that as it may, there were a ton of things going on which prompted me requesting to be subbed. So I say that was probably my greatest lament as a commander," he added.
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