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Asamoah Gyan<\/strong><\/p>\n Former Black Stars captain, Asamoah Gyan, says he is not fit to play for the team any time soon.<\/p>\n The all-time leading top scorer for the Black Stars was asked if he would return to the team for the 2022 World Cup to be staged in Qatar.<\/p>\n According to the former Sunderland striker, he is not physically fit at the moment to play competitive football, and will not be honouring any call-up.<\/p>\n \u201cSince I haven\u2019t retired, I think I have to earn the call-up. I have to train and play actively for a club, and also perform so that I can get the call-up,\u201d Gyan said in an interview on Peace FM<\/em>\u2019s Kokrokoo <\/em>show.<\/p>\n \u201cFor me, I think earning the call-up shouldn\u2019t be about the number of goals I have scored in the past. I have to be fit, playing actively for a team before I accept the call-up.\u201d<\/p>\n The 36-year-old added he would have to be mentally and physically ready for him to return to the Black Stars for the 2022 World Cup.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is possible, looking at Roger Milla and what happened, but the most important thing is I think it will all depend on me. I have to be fit physically, I think I am naturally gifted, and I can do anything on the field, but physically I don\u2019t think I am ready.<\/p>\n \u201cI am not fit to play, and I have to lose some weight, I have to be in the right shape to play competitive football, but now am not,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Gyan has played in three World Cups from 2006, 2010, and 2014, and currently holds the record as the top-scoring African at the competition.<\/p>\n The former Al-Ain striker is currently unattached to any club after leaving Ghana Premier League side Legon Cities.<\/p>\n -Ghanasoccernet<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Asamoah Gyan Former Black Stars captain, Asamoah Gyan, says he is not fit to play for the team any time soon. The all-time leading top scorer for the Black Stars was asked if he would return to the team for the 2022 World Cup to be staged in Qatar. According to the former Sunderland striker, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1055310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[1622,463,95],"class_list":["post-1055309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-fit","tag-play","tag-stars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1055309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055309\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1055309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1055309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1055309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}