Gerald Asamoah in an interview with Peace FM said that he doesn’t regret choosing Germany over Ghana. He said he game strong considerations before he pledged allegiance to the football powerhouse. Source
“I have no regret, at that moment it was the best decision that I took. Maybe I would have taken a different decision now that Otto Addo is the coach but at the time it was one of the best decisions.” “It has helped a lot and I love Ghana and watch Ghana. I’m a Ghanaian but the decision to play Germany I the best I took”
In a separate interview, he disclosed how he faced racial discrimination when he was playing for the German National team. “I suffered racial chants severally and many Germans could not understand why a Black person would be invited to the German National team. Sometimes there were tears in my eyes,” he said in an interview with DW TV.
“We played against Canada and I was on the bench. A Canadian came to pass by and was like hey, what are you doing? You playing for Germany? This is crazy, how can you play for Germany?” he concluded.
He laid in the 2002 and 2006 World Cups with Germany. He has made 43 appearances for them and has scored 6 goals.
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