Asamoah Gyan arrives in UAE to finalize Al-Ain move

Published on: 10 September 2011

Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan has arrived in the Uuited Arab Emirates to finalize his shock move to Al-Ain, GHANAsoccernet.com can reveal.

He arrived in the country early on Sunday morning to complete the shock move.

The 25-year-old boarded a special chartered flight from Newcastle provided for by the Abu-Dhabi club after Sunderland agreed to  a one-year loan deal on Saturday.

The Ghana striker was met on arrival by the officials and teeming fans of his new club at the Abu-Dhabi international airport in the early hours of Sunday.

The move came as a shock to many as the Sunderland record signing is only into his second of a four-year contract signed when joining from French club Stade Rennes.

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