Sports, August 19, SIXSCRIBES – Former Black Stars midfielder, Emmanuel Agyemang Badu has said that Asamoah Gyan’s current state will not be enough to feature in the 2022 World Cup to be held in Qatar.
Badu, 31, said the World Cup stage is too serious that his former National team mate will not be ready fit, before the commencement of the Qatar 2022 global tournament.
“From my side, I don’t think [Asamoah] Gyan will be ready [for the World Cup].”Training alone and training with a club are different. He knows the stage [World Cup] more than me. He has been there more than me. He has been there three times, he has been the captain in 2014 so he knows the kind of stage it is. Training alone two-and-half months before a tournament like this – for my experience I have when I have an injury for six months and came back it took me like three or four months before I got better. “I don’t think he will be ready for the World Cup.” He told Joy Sports.
The ex Udinese player made this statement following Asamoah Gyan’s interest to be part of the 2022 squad who will represent the Black Stars of Ghana.
Asamoah Gyan, who already has six World Cup goals to his credit said he has been training and is ready if he gets the call up to represent Ghana on the international stage.
“Anything can happen, You know it’s happened before. I’m talking about Cameroon in 1994 with Roger Milla you know coming back from retirement to play in the World Cup. I haven’t retired yet. I haven’t announced my retirement. You know I’ve been out for almost two years now due to injuries, due to my body,”.
“I just need to get my body back in shape. So, I’ve started training of course so I need to get back in shape and see how my body reacts to playing competitive football. Talent-wise, I reckon it’s there already so I just have to prepare physically and then we’ll see what happens.”
“Honestly, I haven’t spoken to anybody at all. It’s part of the plan. I just want to make sure and see how my body reacts first. Me and my manager, we’ve been talking behind the scenes, you know and everything so we just have to make sure, we know what we are doing. Everything is in progress, and everything looks positive. We’ll see what happens. There might be a surprise,” -Asamoah Gyan.
