{"id":1166149,"date":"2022-08-04T11:09:33","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T11:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/04\/asamoah-gyan-promised-to-buy-me-a-customized-car-but\/"},"modified":"2022-08-04T11:09:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T11:09:33","slug":"asamoah-gyan-promised-to-buy-me-a-customized-car-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/04\/asamoah-gyan-promised-to-buy-me-a-customized-car-but\/","title":{"rendered":"Asamoah Gyan promised to buy me a customized car but &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"444\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FIwpBxBXMAE7jUb.jpg\"   alt=\"Asamoah Gyan\" title=\"Asamoah Gyan\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asamoah Gyan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Veteran Ghanaian coach, JE Sarpong, has revealed that Asamoah Gyan has failed to honour his promise of buying him a customised car.<\/p>\n<p>The former Accra Great Olympics and Asante Kotoko gaffer discovered the country\u2019s all-time leading goalscorer during his day at Accra Academy Senior High School.<\/p>\n<p>However, according to coach JE Sarpong, he hasn\u2019t benefited immensely from the seed he sewed decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>Sarpong, speaking in an interview,\u00a0recounted the numerous occasions that\u00a0Asamoah Gyan\u00a0has failed to fulfill a promise made to him while revealing a car promise Gyan made to him.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"564\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0781-696x564-1.jpg\" alt=\"Coach JE Sarpong\" class=\"wp-image-1924266\"  \/><figcaption><strong>Coach JE Sarpong<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI was then coaching Dwarfs and he called me to come to his place in Accra, initially, I didn\u2019t want to go but he insisted and I went there. We spoke and even shared some memories during our stay at Accra Academy. He recognised that I was still using the same car,\u201d he told\u00a0Ernest Brew Smith on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GFA reveals fixtures for three-way playoff between Dwarfs, Liberty and Tamale\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe promised to buy me a brand new car when he returns to China and even added that he will customise it in my name and pay all the duties on it. It\u2019s been years and I don\u2019t know if I will get the car today or in 10 years. I don\u2019t blame him entirely but the people around him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He, however,\u00a0added that the only promise\u00a0Asamoah Gyan\u00a0made to him and fulfilled was when he gave him GH\u20b57,000 to settle his rent when he was in a financial crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe gave me GH\u20b57,000 cash in a brown envelope and I immediately gave the money to a friend I was with because he can change his mind,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Asamoah Gyan remains one of the decorated players to have ever played for the senior national team, the Black Stars.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"fLA-pM5OAbo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NIMA Eviction Brouhaha - Badwam Media Review on Adom TV (4-8-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fLA-pM5OAbo?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asamoah Gyan Veteran Ghanaian coach, JE Sarpong, has revealed that Asamoah Gyan has failed to honour his promise of buying him a customised car. The former Accra Great Olympics and Asante Kotoko gaffer discovered the country\u2019s all-time leading goalscorer during his day at Accra Academy Senior High School. 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