The Member of Parliament for Mpohor Constituency, Hon. Alex Kofi Agyekum has hinted that President Akufo-Addo might step in to try and convince Asamoah Gyan to rethink his decision to quit Ghana national team.

The Kayserispor forward said his decision had been taken as a way to protest a plan by coach Kwesi Appiah to deny him the opportunity of captaining the Black Stars in next month’s Africa Nations Cup in Egypt.

“Upon consultation with my family and team… if the decision of the coach is to give captaincy of the tournament to another player while I am named in the team for the tournament, I wish to recuse myself from the tournament,” the 33-year-old player said in a statement.

“I also wish to retire from the national team permanently,” added the Kayserispor striker.

Gyan made his international debut at the age of 17 against Somalia in 2003.

He is Ghana’s all-time goal scorer in the national team with 51 goals in his 106 appearances.

He has also featured in three World Cups — 2006, 2010 and 2014.

“The timing of stripping him of the captaincy could have been handled better than we’ve seen now.He has served this nation well and even if it’s time to make way for others it could have been done in a more refined way”  Hon. kofi Agyekum said in an interview with Sikka FM.

“Kwasi Appiah is the coach and reserves the right to these decisions but the other players will observe this situation where despite as committed as Asamoah Gyan has been, he is been cut off this way and advise themselves on their commitment to the team.”

“I won’t be surprised if President Akufo Addo calls Gyan and the other stakeholders over this issue. The President of the land is bent on seeing the Black Stars win AFCON 2019 and won’t countenance anything that will bring disharmony”