{"id":23501,"date":"2011-12-29T11:21:47","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T11:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/andre-plays-down-abedi-pele-comparison\/"},"modified":"2011-12-29T11:21:47","modified_gmt":"2011-12-29T11:21:47","slug":"andre-plays-down-abedi-pele-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/29\/andre-plays-down-abedi-pele-comparison\/","title":{"rendered":"Andre Plays Down Abedi Pele Comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"56\">\n<div readability=\"7\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/andre-plays-down-abedi-pele-comparison\/abedi-pele-wants-andre-ayew-to-join-a-club-with-big-potentials-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-104222\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Abedi Pele and Andre Ayew \" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/4dd18b7cbffe023ad10cc1344af15c945bd2.124.124.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Abedi Pele (left) and his second son Andre Ayew of Olympique Marseille<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>By Patrick Akoto<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ghana midfielder Andre Ayew wants to carve a niche for himself and does not want comparison to the legendary status of his father.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old underlined his credentials as a huge talent with sublime and eye-catching performances for both club and country in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Many including German legend Franz \u2018The Kaizer\u2019 Beckenbauer has likened the ingenuity of the 2011 BBC African Footballer of the year to that of his father Abedi Pele.<\/p>\n<p>It widely believed that the youngster is a direct carbon copy of the three-time African Footballer of the year and tipped for greatness by many pundits.<\/p>\n<p>But the Black Stars winger wants to remain modest with his performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am nowhere close to what my Dad achieved and so I feel the good people must not compare me to him at all,\u201d Ayew said<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe did a lot for both Ghana and Marseille but I just want to improve match after match, season after season and that is for me what is important.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery player wants to do well but I think the talk of comparing me to my Dad is well wide of the mark.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Previous post: <a href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.mobi\/chinese-trio-offering-chelseas-drogba-200000-plus-a-week-5\/\" rel=\"prev\">Chinese Trio Offering Chelsea\u2019s Drogba \u00a3200,000-plus A-week<\/a><br \/>Next post: <a href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.mobi\/cruzeiro-starlet-leo-bonatini-stunned-by-man-city-swap-rumours\/\" rel=\"next\">Cruzeiro Starlet Leo Bonatini Stunned By Man City Swap Rumours<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Abedi Pele (left) and his second son Andre Ayew of Olympique Marseille By Patrick Akoto Ghana midfielder Andre Ayew wants to carve a niche for himself and does not want comparison to the legendary status of his father. 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