{"id":418022,"date":"2017-09-13T20:30:25","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T20:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/13\/i-am-not-done-asamoah-gyan-replies-his-black-stars-critics\/"},"modified":"2017-09-13T20:30:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T20:30:25","slug":"i-am-not-done-asamoah-gyan-replies-his-black-stars-critics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/13\/i-am-not-done-asamoah-gyan-replies-his-black-stars-critics\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I am not done&#8217; &#8211; Asamoah Gyan replies his Black Stars critics"},"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, 13 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-09-13<\/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\/48269142.295.jpg\" alt=\"Gyan Cool\" title=\"Gyan Cool\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>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\/1505334625_722_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan concedes time is running out on him but insists he is not &#8216;finished yet&#8221; and can still propel the Black Stars.<\/p>\n<p>The Kayserispor striker has been battling with fitness the past four years and calls are heightenining for him to quit international football.<\/p>\n<p>Gyan&#8217;s absence was not felt when he sat out the 5-1 win at Congo in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier played eight days ago in Brazzaville.<\/p>\n<p>Although he accepts his physical frailties have made him innocuous, the 31-year-old says there is a lot he can offer to the senior national team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The past three years have been very difficult, fitness-wise,&#8221; Gyan, who is Ghana&#8217;s all-time leading scorer told KweseESPN.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I try to use my experience to do a lot of things. Somebody will say, &#8216;he is done,&#8217; but I am not done. It is just the circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I started playing for this team in 2003 and I have made my mark.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have been around for a long time. When the Black Stars are playing, everyone expects me to score, which is normal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is not easy replacing someone [referring to himself in the third person] who has done so much.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Asamoah Gyan is not going to play for the Black Stars forever. There are young, hungry players coming up so we have to encourage them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People paved the way for me to get here. I have also set the standard for myself and my nation. I have done something for myself and for Ghana. The young ones coming can learn something from it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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