{"id":25976,"date":"2020-05-19T09:45:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T09:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=25976"},"modified":"2020-05-19T09:45:03","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T09:45:03","slug":"asamoah-gyan-lazy-player-herve-renard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/asamoah-gyan-lazy-player-herve-renard\/","title":{"rendered":"Asamoah Gyan was a lazy player &#8211; Herve Renard"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post_content\">\n<p><em>Asamoah Gyan was a lazy player &#8211; Herve Renard<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Experienced French trainer Herve Renard has made a shocking revelation about Ghana&#8217;s all-time leading goalscorer, Asamoah Gyan, claiming the former Sunderland star was lazy in training.\u00a0<\/strong><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 \/>\nAccording to Renard, who boasts of winning the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) trophy two times, Gyan could have had a much better footballing career if he was dedicated and committed in training as he was during competitive matches.<\/h3>\n<p>Renard worked with Gyan when he was the assistant coach of the Black Stars during the 2008 AFCON which was staged in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe quality of Asamoah Gyan was amazing. I was always impressed with his timing of headers,\u201d the Saudi Arabia coach said in an interview with TV3.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a very good goalscorer, a fantastic player, an amazing player.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I have something to tell him. He was supposed to have a better career, but he was lazy,\u201d Renard said while laughing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn training, he was lazy. He only likes games. But he was the most important player but I know him and he didn\u2019t like the training, he only likes the competition, the games,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Gyan has scored 51 goals for Ghana, more than any player. He also has more World Cup goals (six) than any African footballer.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old is currently without a club after his short term deal with Indian side NorthEast United ended in January.<\/p>\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><\/p>\n<div class=\"below-article-info\">culled from: Ghanasoccernet<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asamoah Gyan was a lazy player &#8211; Herve Renard Experienced French trainer Herve Renard has made a shocking revelation about Ghana&#8217;s all-time leading goalscorer, Asamoah Gyan, claiming the former Sunderland star was lazy in training.\u00a0 According to Renard, who boasts of winning the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) trophy two times, Gyan could have had<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14889,"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],"tags":[669,3638,14908],"class_list":{"0":"post-25976","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-african-football","8":"category-featured","9":"tag-asamoah-gyan","10":"tag-ghana-black-stars","11":"tag-herve-renard"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/jpeg.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-6KY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20127,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/breaking-asamoah-gyan-returns-black-stars-available-afcon-selection\/","url_meta":{"origin":25976,"position":0},"title":"Breaking: Asamoah Gyan returns to Black Stars; available for AFCON selection","author":"Clinton Eleto","date":"May 22, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Breaking: Asamoah Gyan returns to Black Stars; available for AFCON selection Asamoah Gyan has rescinded his decision to retire from International football barely two days after announcing his decision to quit the national team. 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