{"id":19957,"date":"2022-04-10T10:37:24","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T10:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=19957"},"modified":"2026-07-09T17:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:32:14","slug":"asamoah-gyan-is-an-old-man-but-ghana-has-to-take-him-to-the-world-cup-kennedy-agyapong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2022\/04\/10\/asamoah-gyan-is-an-old-man-but-ghana-has-to-take-him-to-the-world-cup-kennedy-agyapong\/","title":{"rendered":"Asamoah Gyan is an old man but Ghana has to take him to the World Cup \u2013 Kennedy Agyapong"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has advocated for the inclusion of former Black Stars striker Asamoah Gyan in the 2022 World Cup squad.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He said though the striker lacks his former sharpness, his inclusion in the team can help the Black Stars progress in the World Cup.<\/p>\n

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Speaking in an interview on Accra based Happy FM, the vociferous lawmaker said Ghana will need Gyan\u2019s experience at the Mundial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cHe is an old man, he is an old man\u2026 but he can motivate the team\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cHis presence alone will make a difference, so when they are going and they send old players along to motivate them, it can be a gamechanger.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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So the role of old players like Asamoah Gyan cannot be discounted, they must be sent to boost the morale of the young ones. But form what I saw from the games against Nigeria, we can go far,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Black Stars defeated Nigeria over two-legs late last month after they secured a one-all draw in Abuja to qualify ahead of the Super Eagles for the World Cup.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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They have been drawn against Portugal, Uruguay and South Korea in Group H of the World Cup which will be held in Qatar.<\/p>\n

source:Evans Annang<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has advocated for the inclusion of former Black Stars striker Asamoah Gyan in the 2022 World Cup squad. \u2018Black Stars need someone like Asamoah Gyan, we miss him\u2019 \u2013 Laryea Kingston He said though the striker lacks his former sharpness, his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":19958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_source_name":"","_post_source_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43,1,6409],"tags":[8790,4553,133,6573,5500,7090,192,2416,11493,199,1799,6690,1071,434,11973,1198,13256,1975,8552,7185,5564,3954,36,5248,5140],"class_list":["post-19957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news","category-sports","tag-abuja","tag-accra","tag-asamoah-gyan","tag-black","tag-fifa","tag-games","tag-ghana","tag-h","tag-interview","tag-kennedy-agyapong","tag-kennedy-ohene-agyapong","tag-korea","tag-member-of-parliament-for-assin-central","tag-nigeria","tag-one","tag-parliament","tag-players","tag-portugal","tag-qatar","tag-south-korea","tag-uruguay","tag-will","tag-world","tag-world-cup","tag-young"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51478,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19957\/revisions\/51478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}