By Patrick Akoto
Ghana legend Abedi Pele has backed striker Asamoah Gyan to return to the national team.
Gyan took an indefinite break from international football after coming in for heavy criticism.
The 26-year-old, considered to be a leading figure in the Black Stars, suffered massive verbal after his semi-final penalty miss against Zambia, denied the country the chance to go to the finals of the 2012 joint African Cup of Nations.
The striker, who has been loaned out by Sundeland to Arab outfit Al Ain, opted to step out of the limelight in the wake of adding to the spot-kick heartache he suffered in the quarter-finals of the 2012 World Cup in South Africa.
But the three-time African Footballer of the Year is confident Gyan will answer to the call of national duty.
“I don’t think his resignation from the national team is a problem. He will definitely come back for the sake of Ghana,”Pele said
“He will answer the call of national duty,” Pele said.
“He was disappointed with that penalty miss [at the Africa Cup of Nations]. But this is football and such things do happen.
“You take your time to ponder, charge your batteries and then move on again,”
Newly appointed Ghana boss Kwesi Appiah has said the player must be given time to rescind his decision after putting his international career on hold.
Ghana needs him and Ghanaians should stop that habit of insulting footballers. Its not easy on the field and they need our unconditional support and encouragement
My friend nobody is insulting gyan, if u go 2 Kentucky fried chicken and order 6 pieces of chicken and they gave u 4 pieces 4 three consecutive times tell me u will not ask why. We have the right to complain, he should not take our spot kicks no longer.
Kuuku great players and greater players than him miss penalties.He is the black stars leading goal scorer of all time and yes we were all dissapointed but we should remember Asamoah put his injury recovery at risk for the nation and we could all see from the games that he was out of form. He needs our support
The only prodigal (resigner) who GH needs badly is KPB n not dat attention GRABBER who calls himself GHANA’S GREATEST- may b in thearter works/dancing.
KPB offers us more bite upfront both technically &Tactically and displays dat sense of urgency dat we nid as a nation to succeed. Access a line up of Dede, kpb, badu, essien, muntari, Boye n Opare and u wld knw dat they hav an xtraordinary mental desire/strength dat always kip em at their BEST. They never want 2 loose but always fight until d rights r achieved. Dis is evident in dier body language n every department of dier life. ALBERTO ZACCHERONI of the Blue Samurai of japan realised dis in his team as coach and deployed a tactics dat features four backs and 6 mid. (4-6-0) and null strikers. He had a strong GK in Eiji KAWASHIMA and a very strong back four of Yuto NAGATOMO, Tulio tanaka, Atsuto Uchida and Maya Yoshida . With a packed mid field of Matsui (d Bulldozer) Makoto Hesebe (d Distructor), Yuri Nakazawa (d Ochestrator) Shinji KAGAWA (d executioner) and Keisuke Honda (d Demolisher). Though Zak had 3 forwards in Ryoichi MAEDA, Tadanari LEE n Shinji Okazaki , he relied heavily on HONDA & ENDO to b PROLIFIC- d reason he succeeded in d WC. Its tym KWESI Appiah borrow dis courage of ZAK 2 adopt the zero-foward philosophy of JAPAN. WE r blessed wit midfielders who possess all the arsenals to produce goals. IF u have JORDAN (CF) – Quincy(LW)- Dede(RW) and kpb as a Trequartista, why worry abt goals? Jordan isn’t an out-out striker but displays the Mobility, Energy, urgency, vision and intelligence dat a team nids to succeed. His ability to move around takes away markers dat wld provide space 4 the likes of Dede, kpb, quincy, essien/badu, Muntari/Kwadw 2 do the damage, IF we blive jordan can b the Keisuke HONDA of the BS. Not dat rigid, unproductive, mediocre, inferiority- complex opportunist who only nid penalties and empty poles to score. We nid players who can turn half chances into goals @ d same tym create opportunities (assists) 4 others if they r marked. Its tym to instill seriousness, descipline, Unity and competition in the team. No room 4 players who r dance minded and pampered. BUT PLAYERS who want 2 learn &accept critics dan make XCUSES. Our mid-field can b xtra- burdened. This is why we nid KPB 2 champion d Alberto zaccheroni’s 4-6-0 strategy. Imitation is d best form of FLATTERY.
Lolllllll @ kuuku. Funny analogy with the KFC.
Looool Hahhaaha @ Kuuku, Great Analogy with the KFC! Funniest Comment
Why waste time on Gyan ! The guy is finish , he contrbuted nothing to our qualification and did not nothing for us to reach semifinal why bother for this USELESS PLAYER . More players are looking for chance like him. Dont let this YOYO player called Gyan destroy our joy. Abedi dont encourage him . He can,t do jack anymore for black star that is the reason he run to cheap league
@ D LIGHT: I think you have have come up with some brilliant ideas. Ghana has never thought about such a strategy. It looks like since we do not appear to have a potent striker in the likes of Tony Yeboah, Anas Siedu, Mama Acquah, and Opoku Afriyie, but have potent midfielders, that might be the way to go. How do we manage to propagate such ideas out there for the coaches to think about?
Thanks.
We need Gyan back
Gyan is the best striker Ghana has right now and to do away with him means you are planning not to have a result.Many coaches have come and gone and all have seen the quality in Gyan.Yes sometimes that gets into his head but for now anybody will be a hypocrite to say we can do away with him.The connoisseurs of the game and even legends like Andy Cole,Maradonna recognize the quality in him.We can get some untapped talents to understudy the established players so that when this generation fade out,the young once can take over.
There is no need in writing loooooooooong essays,fromn Japan to Ghana as some people have done here.If we want to copy any team,i think the best team in the world the Black stars can copy is the Spanish because we also play a midfield game and they are the best now so why not emulate the best rather not some Japanese loosing team who are also struggling.A long list of no names from an underachieving team is not a yard stick as some chaff talkers on here are suggesting.
@D LIGHT,Talk is cheap.You seem to hate Gyan yet the first to comment on any subject about him.Dont you have anything to do?Do you know better than all the coaches of the Black Stars,or do you know better than Andy Cole,Maradona and the likes?I bet you have not even kicked a ball before and you come on here ranting.I figured from the way you talk that you are a minor!!
@ RASTERMAN, i’m happy 4 ur insight on my comment. I knw dis officials do visit dis site like us but d problem wit we blacks is we hate VISION, Suggestions n Corrections hence downplay °rade ideas which cld b ideal 2 our developmnt. I jst wish we cld hav more of u in dis continent. I bet d continet cld hav been a beta place 4 WISDOM 2 OCCUPY. Tanx
@D LIGHT,I totally agree with you. We must not rely on this selfish player alone for goals. Sulley use to score goals than Gyan did some years back and trust me, he can come back to do that again. Ex BS Captain, Appiah use to score goals as well and both are midfielders so what shows the midfielders can’t score???? Dede has been great of scoring too. Plz don’t let us waste our time at all. Call back Quincy into the team and trust me, we will have a solid team in Africa. With Quincy,Badu,Dede,K Asa,Annan, D Boateng, Essien ( If he will come back) KPB (The Prodigy) Boye,Vorsah, Praying for Jonathan Mensah to get back on his feet. Am sure the US Strikers can also help us as well including the leading top scorer in the Ghana P.L. What have we got to be worried now if we have this players??? Someone tell me.