{"id":25831,"date":"2020-05-08T09:00:15","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T09:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=25831"},"modified":"2020-05-08T09:05:07","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T09:05:07","slug":"sunderland-pushed-asamoah-gyan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/sunderland-pushed-asamoah-gyan\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunderland pushed me out &#8211; Asamoah Gyan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Former Blackstars captain Asamoah Gyan has surprisingly revealed how his former English club Sunderland engineered his move away from the club to United Arab Emirates side Al Ain.<\/h3>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nGyan crossed carpets from the most televised league to the Gulf region at the height of his career, in a move that baffled his then manager, Steve Bruce, who felt betrayed by his top maxman he signed in a deal that cost the club a little over \u00a312m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what everyone is about. Whether you\u2019re a journalist or a road sweeper, you want to get the best out of yourself. People want to leave for ambition but it baffles me that today, the way it is, and we have to just submit to it.<\/p>\n<p>The former Black Cats striker has squashed opinions that he moved to Al Ain because of the money but insisted Sunderland found the offer from the Gulf club too tempting to resist hence his move away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen a player is performing definitely Clubs will come chasing and the deal from UAE looked very good,\u201d the 34-year old told GTV Sports Plus.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\n\u201cI was going for one season for 6million pounds and they (Sunderland) were interested because it was good money, they were even pushing for the move because the money involved was good for a loan deal,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>He continues:\u201cPersonally I was concerned about the fans, about how they will feel and whether they will be happy if I move because I was the top man there, Darren Bent had left so I was their lead man and they liked me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut they (Sunderland) told they knew how to deal with the fans and that I should accept the move to UAE.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went there and the atmosphere was great and I felt in love with the team and the fans. They treated me well so I decided to stay after my loan deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former Stade Rennes striker didn&#8217;t disappoint his new employers as he banged \u00a0128 goals from 88 appearances for Al Ain carving a niche for himself in a two-year.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Blackstars captain Asamoah Gyan has surprisingly revealed how his former English club Sunderland engineered his move away from the club to United Arab Emirates side Al Ain. Gyan crossed carpets from the most televised league to the Gulf region at the height of his career, in a move that baffled his then manager, Steve<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":25833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8417,7775],"tags":[669,3638,150],"class_list":{"0":"post-25831","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-african-football","8":"category-featured","9":"category-worldfootball","10":"tag-asamoah-gyan","11":"tag-ghana-black-stars","12":"tag-sunderland"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gyan-sunderland.jpg?fit=788%2C444&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-6ID","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37711,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/breaking-news-asamoah-gyan-announce-retirement-from-football\/","url_meta":{"origin":25831,"position":0},"title":"Breaking News: Asamoah Gyan announce retirement from football","author":"Clinton Eleto","date":"June 20, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Ghana Black Stars legend Asamoah Gyan has officially announced his retirement from football, the former Sunderland striker announced via social media account. 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