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Ghanaian legend Asamoah Gyan has made a surprise return to his country, signing for the top-notch Legon Cities.
The 34-year-old, who is Africa’s top scorer in World Cup history, has been a free agent since the beginning of the year following his departure from NorthEast United FC of the Indian Super League.
Egyptian Premier League team Wadi Degla was strongly linked to the signing of the former Ghana star, however KingFut confirmed the rumors are unfounded.
And now he’s agreed to join the local side of the Legon Cities, who are on a rebrand mission and have already made several high-class signings.
The club was previously known as Wa All Stars and was owned by former Ghana Football Association (GFA) president Kwesi Nyantakyi, who was forced to resign from the team after receiving a lifetime suspension from FIFA.
Ghana’s 2014 World Cup goalkeeper Fatau Dauda, former El-Makkasa and Entag El-Harby midfielder Abdul Latif Abubakari, Ghana’s U-20 forward and former Bayern Munich Trials player Matthew Anim Cudjoe are some of the names in the ranks of the club.
And now they have country legend Asamoah Gyan, who could make his debut against Berekum Chelsea in the first game of the GPL season in two weeks.
The deal will see Gyan earn more than “$ 1 million in cash and packages,” according to his agent, after putting pencil on paper on a one-year contract.
Gyan has been a great traveler, Udinese and Modena in Italy, French Stade Rennais FC, former Premier League club Sunderland, UAE giants Al Ain and Al Ahli, China’s Shanghai SIPG, Kayserispor Turkey and more recently Northeast Indian United FC.
He will return to his home country for the first time in 17 years after leaving Liberty Professionals, for whom he scored 10 goals in 16 appearances in his only stint in the league.
Internationally, Gyan has scored 51 goals in 107 games for the Black Stars since his debut in 2003, representing them in 11 World Cup games while scoring six.
