{"id":419984,"date":"2017-09-19T13:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T13:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/19\/gyan-to-retire-in-2019-coach-sarpong\/"},"modified":"2017-09-19T13:00:32","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T13:00:32","slug":"gyan-to-retire-in-2019-coach-sarpong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/19\/gyan-to-retire-in-2019-coach-sarpong\/","title":{"rendered":"Gyan to retire in 2019 &#8211; Coach Sarpong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Tuesday, 19 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-09-19<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/90364184.295.jpg\" alt=\"Asamoah Gyan Sad \" title=\"Asamoah Gyan Sad \" width=\"295\" height=\"221\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Asamoah Gyan to retire in 2019<\/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\/1505826032_861_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 is considering retiring from international football after the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon. That\u2019s according to his former coach J.E Sarpong who says he had a lengthy chat with the Ghana international recently.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Sarpong speaking on Utv, said Gyan is aware that he cannot play forever and thus has a clear idea when he would hang his boots when it comes to the national team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the recent World Cup qualifier against Congo in Kumasi I spoke to Gyan and he confirmed to me that he was going to play at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations and after that he will retire from the national team. I think the calls by people that he should retire are unfortunate, he himself will go when the time is right so Ghanaians must be patient for a little while.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Calls have been growing incessantly in the last couple of months for Gyan to call it quits  and pave way for younger once to get a chance in the national team.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nNot long ago, Gyan confirmed that he was not perturbed by the calls for him to retire, adding that he will call it quits at his own, and God\u2019s appointed, time.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nGyan, who is Ghana\u2019s all-time record goal scorer with 51 goals, says he does not plan on playing forever, and admits a time will come when he has to hang his boots.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSpeaking on Kumasi-based Angel FM, Gyan said: \u201cNo human being can force me into retirement because those who are calling for my retirement are not God. The decision on when to retire will be mine to make. Like every athlete, a time will come when I will tell myself that I have had enough. There\u2019s time for everything and I, more than anyone know that my time in the Black Stars will end someday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pressure has been mounting on Black Stars head coach Kwesi Appiah to stop inviting \u2018old\u2019 players into the team and rather give opportunities to younger and hungrier players in the wake of Ghana\u2019s poor 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Black Stars are currently 3rd in Group E and are in grave danger of missing out on their first World Cup since 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Gyan, who made his debut for the Black Stars, has been Ghana\u2019s most reliable striker for over a decade now but a combination of injuries and age means he is not as sharp as he was once was.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe 31-year-old says he doesn\u2019t mind starting from the bench and sharing his knowledge and experience with the younger ones who are coming through the ranks.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nGyan has played in three World Cups and has also played every Nations Cup since 2008.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 58 updated by: -1 --><\/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 Tuesday, 19 September 2017 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2017-09-19 Asamoah Gyan to retire in 2019 &#13; Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan is considering retiring from international football after the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon. 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