{"id":415236,"date":"2017-09-06T10:30:25","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T10:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/06\/gyan-pays-for-black-stars-chartered-flight-to-accra\/"},"modified":"2017-09-06T10:30:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T10:30:25","slug":"gyan-pays-for-black-stars-chartered-flight-to-accra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/06\/gyan-pays-for-black-stars-chartered-flight-to-accra\/","title":{"rendered":"Gyan pays for Black Stars chartered flight to Accra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Wednesday,  6 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-09-06<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/27430749.295.jpg\" alt=\"Asamoah Gyan Stars 1\" title=\"Asamoah Gyan Stars 1\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1504693825_8_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan paid for a chartered flight to carry the team from Brazzaville to Accra after their 5-1 thumping of Congo in a World Cup qualifier. <\/p>\n<p>A management member, Wilfred Osei told Joy Sports, Gyan&#8217;s gesture was needed after the Sports Ministry canceled an initial arrangement at the 11th hour.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe arrangement was put together to help players get to Accra by late Tuesday evening for onward travels to their various bases in Europe for the resumption of club football duties.<\/p>\n<p>The players had been given a September 7 deadline for their return, but government\u2019s eventual resolution of the challenge would have seen the players arrive in Europe on September 8 and getting punished subsequently.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, GFA Communications Director, Ibrahim Saanie Daara, confirmed to reporters that a chartered flight had been secured to bring the players back to Ghana after the match in Brazzaville but it emerged on Tuesday after the match that the government had failed to get the flight.<\/p>\n<p>Asamoah Gyan, thus, stepped in and helped to resolve the situation. <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Turkey-based forward did not play the match due to injury, but he chose to fly with the team and support the players and he must have been proud of the display.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana demolished Congo 5-1, thanks to a Thomas Partey hat trick and brace from in-form striker Richmond Boakye-Yiadom<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 48 updated by: 48 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Wednesday, 6 September 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-09-06 Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan &#13; Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan paid for a chartered flight to carry the team from Brazzaville to Accra after their 5-1 thumping of Congo in a World Cup qualifier. 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