{"id":283327,"date":"2011-02-18T18:39:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-18T18:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/18\/asamoah-gyan-admits-he-is-trying-to-convince-sunderland-team-mate-danny-welbeck-to-play-for-ghana\/"},"modified":"2011-02-18T18:39:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-18T18:39:00","slug":"asamoah-gyan-admits-he-is-trying-to-convince-sunderland-team-mate-danny-welbeck-to-play-for-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/18\/asamoah-gyan-admits-he-is-trying-to-convince-sunderland-team-mate-danny-welbeck-to-play-for-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Asamoah Gyan admits he is trying to convince Sunderland team-mate Danny Welbeck to play for Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By K.N.S Mensah<\/h3>\n<h4>18 Feb 2011 18:39:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"65.5079744817\">\n<div readability=\"18.6923076923\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Danny Welbeck, Sunderland (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/edf4dbc1117420_news.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Danny Welbeck, Sunderland (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"28.0855855856\"><\/p>\n<p>        Ghana and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/537\/sunderland\">Sunderland<\/a> striker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/ghana\/12359\/asamoah-gyan\">Asamoah Gyan<\/a> has revealed he and his national team captain John Mensah are persuading England-born Ghanaian <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/24844\/danny-welbeck\">Danny Welbeck<\/a> to join the Black Stars.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has not made up his mind yet and says he needs more time to think through it,\u201d Gyan told <em>KickoffGhana<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMyself and Mensah have spoken to him about playing for Ghana.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Wearsider has represented England right from the Under-17 to Under-21 level, but seems undecided where his senior international fate lies at the moment. The Ghana FA is also intensifying efforts to sign on the 20-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>Welbeck, who is currently on loan at the Stadium of Lights from Manchester United, was born in England, but to Ghanaian parents, hence his full name Daniel Nii Tackie Welbeck.<\/p>\n<p>Gyan said it would be a delight to have his team mate partner him in the national team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is a very good player, young and talented so he will be helpful to Ghana, but we need to give him more time,&#8221; Gyan added.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/edf4dbc1117420_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/02\/18\/2358497\/asamoah-gyan-admits-he-is-trying-to-convince-sunderland-team\" title=\"Asamoah Gyan admits he is trying to convince Sunderland team-mate Danny Welbeck to play for Ghana\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Asamoah Gyan admits he is trying to convince Sunderland team-mate Danny Welbeck to play for Ghana<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By K.N.S Mensah 18 Feb 2011 18:39:00 Danny Welbeck, Sunderland (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Ghana and Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan has revealed he and his national team captain John Mensah are persuading England-born Ghanaian Danny Welbeck to join the Black Stars. &#8220;He has not made up his mind yet and says he needs more time to think through it,\u201d Gyan told KickoffGhana . \u201cMyself and Mensah have spoken to him about playing for Ghana.&#8221; The Wearsider has represented England right from the Under-17 to Under-21 level, but seems undecided where his senior international fate lies at the moment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-283327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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