Moments after Asamoah Gyan announced his retirement from the Ghana national team, and as captain of the Black Stars, aide to the indignant former skipper Kwaku Obeng (Maestro) has revealed why Coach Kwasi Appiah wanted the captaincy changed.
According to Maestro, a spiritualist had told Kwasi Appiah to hand over the armband to Andre Ayew to enable Ghana lift the trophy that has eluded for the past 37 years.
Maestro, who is the spokesperson of Gyan claims that the said spiritualist had warned Kwasi Appiah not to allow Gyan to keep the armband during the tournament, hence the decision to make him the General Captain.
“On the 10 May, 2019 there was a publication on Ghanaweb which indicated that Coach Kwesi Appiah was going to drop Asamoah Gyan.
“In that report a journalist and prophet had visited Kwesi Appiah at his private residence.
“In the discussions they had, the prophet had told the coach that in a dream he saw Andre Ayew lifting the AFCON trophy.
“So the coach told the prophet to work on Andre Ayew.
“So in that discussion that is what has transpired leading him to make Gyan the General captain and Dede the main captain, he told Accra based radio station Adom FM.
“Asamoah Gyan was told that If the captain armband is given to Andre Ayew, Ghana will win the AFCON so he (Gyan) was asked to think about it and relinquish the captain to Andre Ayew”.
“He quickly made some consultations and got back to the coach and asked where the decision was coming from. According to the coach when he was given the job for the second time there was pressure on him to change him as the captain of the side but he overlooked it and now there is too much pressure so he wished Gyan will come out publicly and voluntarily hand over the armband to Andre Ayew”, Maestro explained.
“He called Gyan to come out publicly to relinquish the captain’s armband to Andre Ayew and assured him of the General captain role. The coach did not show respect to him and that was why he retired”, he concluded.
Gyan, 33, has scored 51 goals in 106 appearances for the national team since making his debut in 2003.
He played in seven Africa Cup of Nations and three World Cups for the Black Stars.
