{"id":428132,"date":"2017-10-13T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T00:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/13\/gyan-ayew-among-numerous-football-stars-pranked-by-george-weahs-liberia-election-win\/"},"modified":"2017-10-13T00:00:34","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T00:00:34","slug":"gyan-ayew-among-numerous-football-stars-pranked-by-george-weahs-liberia-election-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/13\/gyan-ayew-among-numerous-football-stars-pranked-by-george-weahs-liberia-election-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Gyan, Ayew among numerous football stars pranked by George Weah\u2019s Liberia election win"},"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, 12 October 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-10-12<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/81775067.295.jpg\" alt=\"George Weah Prez\" title=\"George Weah Prez\" width=\"295\" height=\"373\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>George Weah was rumoured to have won the Liberia elections<\/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\/10\/1507852833_943_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ghanaian duo Andre Ayew and Asamoah Gyan were forced to quickly delete congratulatory messages to George Weah in the Liberia elections.<\/p>\n<p>Gyan was quickly out of the blocks to wish him well and call on Liberian to give him a chance while Ayew was busy with his fingers sending out congratulatory messages.<\/p>\n<p>Weah might still nick it and become the first former world best footballer to become president but the haste with which football stars are in to have him declared has attracted media attention.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger was also caught in the web after congratulating a player he worked with in his formative years.<\/p>\n<p>Wenger said, \u201cI would like to congratulate one of my former players, who became president of Liberia, George Weah.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not often that you have a former player who becomes a president of a country and so well done Georgie and I would say just for him to keep his enthusiasm and his desire to learn and to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Weah, a former FIFA World Footballer of the Year, ran for Liberia\u2019s presidency in Tuesday\u2019s election<\/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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