Ghana FA rubbishes Asamoah Gyan captaincy report

Posted On Thursday, 30th August 2012

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Ghana FA have dismissed reports that Gyan will be named new Black Stars captain

By Patrick Akoto

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has emphatically rubbished reports that Asamoah Gyan is on the verge of being appointed the substantive captain of the Black Stars.

A statement from the GFA also thinly slammed the campaign from certain quarters to have youngster Andre Ayew named as the captain of the national team.

The GFA insists that John Mensah is the substantive captain of the team while Michael Essien stays as the deputy Black Stars captain.

This comes after a Ghanaian website footy-ghana reported that the GFA was preparing to name Al Ain striker Gyan as the new captain next month.

But the GFA has issued a statement insisting that the report which was also reported on several websites, radio stations and newspapers is false.

“We want to assure Ghanaians that the report which has been carried on various media platforms is inaccurate,” Ibrahim Sannie, the GFA’s Director of Communications, said in the statement.

“John Mensah is still the substantive captain of the Black Stars and Michael Essien remains the deputy captain of the team.”

There has been a recent campaign by Rahim Ayew to have his junior brother Andre named as the leader of the Black Stars even though there are several senior players ahead of him.

The GFA has rejected that request saying it will continue with its policy of using the squad’s most experienced player at any given time as the Black Stars leader.

“In the event that both players (Mensah and Essien) are not part of a squad named for a match, the squad’s most experienced player will take over,” the statement read.

“We want to assure Ghanaians that there is no agitation from the management team or the coaching staff for the change of this order.

“The GFA will not depart from the team’s policy of using the squad’s most experienced player to captain the team at any given time.”

The Black Stars saw massive disunity in 1991 when the current Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah was stripped of the captaincy and handed to Abedi Pele.

The team divided along tribal lines with Anthony Yeboah leading the other faction which led to some bad results for the Black Stars in that era.

Even though the early 1990s squad was blessed with talented players like Abedi, Yeboah, Ali Ibrahim, Emmanuel Armah, Frimpong Manso, Prince Polley, the division affected the squad and they could not win anything.

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READERS COMMENTS

dubai aziza says:

August 30, 2012 at 11:45 am

plz ghsoccernet stop exaggeratin the whole issue.

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mike says:

August 30, 2012 at 2:20 pm

slowly zambia is becoming a giant in world football. This can even be seen through Mayuka’s move to the EPL the best league in the world. Mayuka has joined Southampton and is expected to make his debut against Man Utd on sunday. Expect more Zambians to grace the EPL in the next two years i expect 4 or more to go there because Zambia has at least 3-4 world class players that can play in the EPL.

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yvonne says:

August 30, 2012 at 3:27 pm

in Ghana, we ve an adage dat “too much fish does not spoil the soup”. as fellow africans, we will only wish u the best. there is nuffin wrong wid u risin. This is where africans get it wrong. we become bitter or jealous of someone’s achievements. Rise high but neva 4get where u started frm lest u become pompous. All the best ba plz next tym, comment on the issue at hand ie “Ghana FA rubbishes Asamoah….”

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mukmin says:

August 30, 2012 at 3:28 pm

This is idiotic how can we have captains who are not even play. Ludicrous for Essien to maintain deputy captain when he has taken a self appointed leave from the team. John Mensah is finished and should be replaced captainship should not be given to players who voluntarily quit the team that shows a lack of commitment and mental toughness. A captain goes down with the ship and I’m not in favor of handing leadership roles to mentally fragile individuals that is setting a bad precedent.

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Selfmade says:

August 30, 2012 at 3:50 pm

When i see a storm coming i can see it clear clearly!! Sometimes i just wonder why we always almost self destruct purposes,achievements,hard earned reputations etc!! I don’t just understand why history always repeats itself!! This issue has become a real issue eversince rahim made that outrageous comment of giving the captaincy to dede and do i see historical connections here? His father was giving captains handband under very flimsy circumstances when appiah who happens to be the current ghanaian national coach was the official captain!! Is history repeating itself here and rahim has made this call when appiah is now the coach of the black stars? Is there any conspiracy theory here? Are were now going back to the era of senegl 92 in a different plan and platform? Just asking though!! In Senegal 92 fiasco,is believed some gfa officials lobbyed for abedi to be given the captaincy and do i see another ayew’s family member lobbying for his brother to become captain? Is both scenario connected ? Just asking and why should gfa respond to this statement when we all know the order of succession in the black stars captaincy!!! Are some gfa member’s not happy with the current captain and pushing other people to do their bidding for them? Why was john mensah exluded from the impending match with malawi and Liberia? Is there some grand design to unveiled a new captain during his absence? We are just watching with eagle eyes and if all these rumours are true,then we are heading again into total oblivion!!! Hmmmmmm

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