{"id":415748,"date":"2017-09-07T13:00:25","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T13:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/07\/songo-picks-ayew-as-captain-over-gyan\/"},"modified":"2017-09-07T13:00:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T13:00:25","slug":"songo-picks-ayew-as-captain-over-gyan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/07\/songo-picks-ayew-as-captain-over-gyan\/","title":{"rendered":"Songo picks Ayew as captain over Gyan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Thursday,  7 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-09-07<\/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\/18617040.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ayew Gyan\" title=\"Ayew Gyan\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Songo says his staunch critic of Gyan is nothing personal but professional<\/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\/1504789225_362_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Sports journalist, Patrick Osei Agyemang, popularly known as Countryman Songo, has said in his opinion, Andre Ayew should captain the senior national team, Black Stars, ahead of Asamoah Gyan.<\/p>\n<p>Although Gyan is the current skipper of the national team with Ayew as his deputy, the debate as to whether Ayew is a better leader than Gyan continues unabated.<\/p>\n<p>There have been speculations that the two players are even at loggerheads over the captaincy position, but both players have denied such claims.<\/p>\n<p>Asked to choose between Gyan and Ayew who his preferred choice as captain for the Black Stars was in an interview with Accra-based Starr FM, Songo said \u201cAndrew Ayew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Songo, a staunch critic of Gyan said his choice is \u201cnothing personal but professional\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAsamoah Gyan has done his part. Andrew Ayew, a 26, 27-year-old boy, he should work very hard in his current team West Ham. He should rediscover his form and lead the Black Stars. I think that will be best for Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I mean, he\u2019s been there and he knows the ins and outs, what the problems are when it comes to the Black Stars.<\/p>\n<p>So for now, moving forward, between Asamoah Gyan and Andrew Ayew, who do you think should lead the Black Stars\u2026 If you are asking me, the fire man, I\u2019ll say Andre Ayew. This is nothing personal. 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