{"id":396288,"date":"2017-06-19T08:00:14","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T08:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/19\/video-i-consult-mallams-pastors-asamoah-gyan\/"},"modified":"2017-06-19T08:00:14","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T08:00:14","slug":"video-i-consult-mallams-pastors-asamoah-gyan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/19\/video-i-consult-mallams-pastors-asamoah-gyan\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: I consult Mallams, Pastors \u2013 Asamoah Gyan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Skipper of the Ghana Black Stars Asamoah Gyan has stated that he works with spiritual fortitude, admitting that he consults Mallams as well as Pastors when playing football matches.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Radio and Television show host Deloris Frimpong Manso on her entertainment programme \u2018The Delay Show\u2019, Asamoah Gyan indicated that the public has demonized the use of \u2018Mallams\u2019 in sports. He added that football is a \u2018spiritual work\u2019.<\/p>\n

He noted that \u2018Mallams\u2019 are just like pastors but in the Islamic religion and as such there was nothing wrong with consulting them to pray for an individual.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t just rise up and say you\u2019re going to play football because it is a spiritual exercise. You will need spiritual fortitude before you get into play and it\u2019s not just for football but every other work\u201d, Gyan told Delay.<\/p>\n

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He admitted that he has a spiritual father who fortifies and prays for him before he sets off to play a football game.<\/p>\n

There have been continuous debates about whether or not African sportsmen use voodoo to ply their trade.<\/p>\n