{"id":439455,"date":"2017-11-21T11:00:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T11:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/21\/i-should-have-stayed-longer-in-the-epl-asamoah-gyan\/"},"modified":"2017-11-21T11:00:24","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T11:00:24","slug":"i-should-have-stayed-longer-in-the-epl-asamoah-gyan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/21\/i-should-have-stayed-longer-in-the-epl-asamoah-gyan\/","title":{"rendered":"I should have stayed longer in the EPL &#8211; Asamoah 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 Tuesday, 21 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Goal.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-11-21<\/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\/84776912.295.jpg\" alt=\"Gyan Sunderland 298\" title=\"Gyan Sunderland 298\" width=\"295\" height=\"488\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Asamoah Gyan scored 10 goals for Sunderland in his debut season<\/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=151125817976607\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817976607\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1511262024_995_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan has admitted he should&#8217;ve spent more years in the Premier League following his brief stint with Sunderland between 2010 and 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old arrived at the Stadium of Light as a record-signing from Stade Rennes, following a wonderful performance in the 2010 Fifa World Cup and although he scored 10 league goals in his maiden campaign as the Black Cats finished within the top-half on the log, he made an unexpected loan move to Al Ain in the Arabian Gulf League.<\/p>\n<p>Gyan later made the move permanent and would go on to play for Shanghai SIPG in China four years later.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I felt like the club wanted to do business at that time rather than have the player. There was some interest in me the January beforehand; Liverpool, Tottenham and even talk of Real Madrid, but I was playing well and when you play well naturally clubs are interested in you &#8211; but I didn\u2019t expect the club to let me go the way they did,&#8221; Gyan told Rokerreport.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When Al Ain made the offer, Sunderland came to me and told me it was a loan deal for one season and I think the fee they were offering blew their minds considering it was only a loan deal. They were looking at the figures.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8221;Sometimes, I think I should have stayed longer. The regret is me not playing so much in the best league in the world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;When people ask me &#8216;how long did you play for Sunderland?&#8217; I feel so bad I can only say one year. I feel like I could have achieved things in other top leagues too.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;Sunderland fans are fantastic. It isn\u2019t a huge city but the stadium was always packed and they backed us with their heart &#8211; it was only a year but I really enjoyed it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, Gyan, who is now on the books of Turkish side Keyserispor, is proud of his achievements in the Gulf region especially with Al Ain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;I am very proud of what I did in the UAE for Al Ain, because I created a new legacy for myself,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;I created something for myself. I was the top scorer of all time in that league, the top foreign player of all time. I know it isn\u2019t the Premier League, but I felt like I helped raise the standard there and others joined afterwards.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8221;I went to Al Ain and I fell in love with the place, created a new legacy and they paid me good money and if we are honest with ourselves that is a big reason why we work.<\/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\/53372278.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of Goal.com &#8211; the world&#8217;s largest football website.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Comments:<\/strong><br \/>This article has no comments yet, be the first to comment\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 55 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, 21 November 2017 Source: Goal.com 2017-11-21 Asamoah Gyan scored 10 goals for Sunderland in his debut season Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan has admitted he should&#8217;ve spent more years in the Premier League following his brief stint with Sunderland between 2010 and 2011. 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