{"id":607409,"date":"2019-04-12T22:08:59","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T22:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday, 12 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghanaguardian.com<\/p>\n2019-04-12\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/03\/274307"},"modified":"2019-04-12T22:08:59","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T22:08:59","slug":"2019-afcon-osei-kofi-insists-gyans-inclusion-in-ghana-squad-non-negotiable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/12\/2019-afcon-osei-kofi-insists-gyans-inclusion-in-ghana-squad-non-negotiable\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 AFCON: Osei Kofi insists Gyan\u2019s inclusion in Ghana squad \u2018non-negotiable\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday, 12 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghanaguardian.com<\/p>\n<p>2019-04-12<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/27430749.295.jpg\" alt=\"Asamoah Gyan Stars 1\" title=\"Asamoah Gyan Stars 1\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Former Black Stars player Osei Kofi insists Asamoah Gyan\u2019s inclusion in Ghana squad for the 2019 AFCON in Egypt is non-negotiable despite his recent woes.<\/p>\n<p>At club level, his injury worries, coupled with a loss of form, have restricted him to substitute appearances, 10 in all, and scoring one goal for Turkish outfit Kayserispor in the Super Lig this season.<\/p>\n<p>However Osei Kofi insists Gyan who is Ghana&#8217;s all-time top scorer and most capped player with 51 goals in 106 internationals, remains a key player for Kwesi Appiah\u2019s outfit, who have set their sights on ending a 37-year trophy drought at the June 21 \u2013 July 19 tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Gyan is not injured, which of our current other strikers surpasses him?\u201d Osei, joint-top scorer at the 1965 Afcon, told Goal in an exclusive interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe may have scored just one league goal this season, but if he\u2019s not injured, he\u2019s better than most of our strikers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhich of our current strikers can we compare to him now? 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At club level, his injury worries, coupled with a loss of form, have restricted him [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":603089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-607409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2019 AFCON: Osei Kofi insists Gyan\u2019s inclusion in Ghana squad \u2018non-negotiable\u2019 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/12\/2019-afcon-osei-kofi-insists-gyans-inclusion-in-ghana-squad-non-negotiable\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"2019 AFCON: Osei Kofi insists Gyan\u2019s inclusion in Ghana squad \u2018non-negotiable\u2019 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Sports News of Friday, 12 April 2019 Source: ghanaguardian.com 2019-04-12 Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan Former Black Stars player Osei Kofi insists Asamoah Gyan\u2019s inclusion in Ghana squad for the 2019 AFCON in Egypt is non-negotiable despite his recent woes. 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