Asamoah Gyan backs Pantsil to make Ghana return
Posted On Tuesday, 11th September 2012
John Pantsil could return to the Black Stars
By Patrick Akoto
Ghana striker Asamah Gyan is backing John Pantsil to make a return to the senior national team.
The 30-year-old is determined to revive his career after a difficult spell at English Championship side Leceister City.
He is returning to his best after featuring for Hapoel Tel Aviv in their last 2 Premier League games and played full throttle in their Uefa Europa League against Dudelange last month.
The former West Ham and Fulham experienced right back was a surprised omission from the Ghana squad that beat Malawi in the 2013 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Malawi on Saturday despite playing regularly for his Israeli side.
But the Al Ain attacker is confident the ex-Berekum Arsenals player will stage a comeback to the national team.
“You know he (Pantsil) just started playing constantly for his new side after a difficult time at Leicester and so I believe in due time he will return to the national team,” Gyan said
“He is an experienced player and one that we need in the team. He has been around for a long time and he is part of this unit,”
“He is picking his form gradually and I believe if he gathers the momentum he can stage a comeback.”
Many Black Stars players including Andre Ayew has touted the need for experienced players like Pantsil, John Mensah, Sulley Muntari and Michael Essien to quickly get back into the team to help them achieve their target of qualifying to the Cup of Nations and ending their 31-year trophy drought on the continent.
Pantsil has two world cups under his belt and has an incredible 85 senior caps for the West African heavyweights.
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Opare did well, especially in the second half. Paintsil needs to focus on his Club and make some real money for retirement. He has served his country well.
Ivory Coast is the best team in Africa today because of their older players. They have played together for very long time as a unit, they will continue to dominate until new generation gradually takes over.
Ghanaians have no patience, always looking for instant results. Different players for every match. No wonder we have won nothing in 30 years.
Coconutman,no wonder you are called cocnutman,I m sure you have a coocnut head.How can you say a useless player like Opare who does not even warm the bench in his club did well.
With Opare and Inkoom, left back is over for Paintsil. If he can return to BlackStars it should and would be as center back
pure bullshit!! a player,playing to matches for a club in the past 16months or so and u are calling for his come in the stars.
i’m beginning to doubt the competency of akwasi appiah.if adomah,wakaso and nana akwasi asare who have been consistent and a key figure for their
respective clubs are not in the stars,who the heck is paintsil playing in a yawa league? you are even fortunate to always get a call up,cos any top football nationa will not count on a playing,plying his trade in the saudi arabia league.
2 idiots above me don’t know what you are talking about… Teams have to be dynamic… What has Ivory Coast won in to be called the best team?? They are useless!
OPARE is very good just that the GAME on Saturday didn’t favoured him, it happens to DEDE, JORDAN, GYAN and many of the players. The game was just Bad for all of them, but they WON anyway and the 3 point is the most important thing. GOOOO OPARE!!!!!!! GOOOO GHANA!!!!!!! GOOO BLACK STARS!!!!!!
pls, dont dare call painstil back to gbstar. he went to 2 wcups AND HE HAS BEEN DETERIORATING SINCE. THE ONLY VETERANS TO CONSIDER GOING FORWARD MUST BE GYAN, ESSIEN, MUNTARI, N JOHN MENSAH. PROVIDED THEY R IN FORM, INJURY FREE N REGULAR CLUB FEATURES. I THINK DEREK BOATENG MUST EVEN BE CUT FROM GBSTAR.
Ghana still needs him at the right full back. he is better than both inkoom and opare. the best left full back is undoubtedly nana kwasi asare. we these two and the return of both essien and john mensah, we will surely triumph at nations cup in sa.