{"id":434049,"date":"2017-11-03T21:30:25","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T21:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/03\/gyan-lauds-atsu-and-partey-for-receiving-caf-award-nominations\/"},"modified":"2017-11-03T21:30:25","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T21:30:25","slug":"gyan-lauds-atsu-and-partey-for-receiving-caf-award-nominations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/03\/gyan-lauds-atsu-and-partey-for-receiving-caf-award-nominations\/","title":{"rendered":"Gyan lauds Atsu and Partey for receiving CAF award nominations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday,  3 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghanacrusader.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-11-03<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/56873440.295.jpg\" alt=\"Atsu Partey 3\" title=\"Atsu Partey 3\" width=\"295\" height=\"122\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Thomas Partey and Christian Atsu<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=150834795848671\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150834795848671\">&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1509744625_583_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Black Stars Captain, Asamoah Gyan , has hailed his teammates Christian Atsu and Thomas Partey for making the 30-man shortlist of the 2017 CAF footballer of the year award.<\/p>\n<p>The highly rated Ghanaian midfielders were named on a 30-man strong shortlist, which includes the likes of Liverpool and Egypt\u2019s Mohamed Salah, Senegal\u2019s Sadio Mane and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Gabon and Borussia Dortmund.<\/p>\n<p>Gyan, who eas nominated for the player of the year award on two occasions and finished runner in 2010 has commended Atsu and Partey for being recognized by the continents football governing body.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI congratulate Christian Atsu and Thomas Partey because they have really worked hard,\u201d he told Angel FM.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThey have been able to fit themselves into the Black Stars team and their various teams, Thomas Partey especially, has being in superb form this season for both club and country. 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