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Legon Cities used their official Twitter account to tweet a video of Asamoah Gyan’s first training session with the club with the legend “Behind the scenes … @ ASAMOAH_GYAN3 first training session with @LegonCitiesFC”.
Asamoah showed up for his first training session in the Legon Cities on Monday, which was just two days after completing his transfer to the club on the transfer deadline.
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The 34-year-old completed his transfer to the Legon Cities of the Ghana Premier League under a deal that is understood to keep him at the club for four years.
The deal, which is worth $ 250,000 a year, will see the former Ghana captain earn a cumulative amount of $ 1 million over four years.
Gyan had been available since his contract with Indian NorthEast United expired in February. He was first linked to Asante Kotoko, but the deal fell through after the Porcupine Warriors allegedly failed to meet the $ 500,000 asking price.
Legon Cities came on the scene after talks with Kotoko collapsed and they have now managed to seal; a deal with him.
Asamoah Gyan last played in the Ghana Premier League in the 2003 season with Liberty Professionals, which was his debut season and he scored 10 goals, but left for Udinese before the season ended.
He has had an illustrious career, having played for Udinese, Rennes, Sunderland, Al Ain, Shanghai SIPG, Kayserispor, etc.
At the national team level, Asamoah Gyan has represented Ghana in three FIFA World Cups and is Africa’s all-time top scorer at the World Cup.
Gyan is also Ghana’s all-time top scorer with 51 goals.
