Avram Grant has revealed that Ghana captainAsamoah Gyan is one of the greatest players he has worked with. The former Chelsea manager recently took over as the manager of Ghana after a dismal World Cup 2014.
His first task will be to get Ghana back to the glory days by doing well at the Africa Cup of Nations 2015. Ghana have certainly began their attempts to win this competition by beating Algeria in the second group match. Algeria were seen as one of favourites for the title after having been one of the strongest African teams in the last two years.
Gyan, though, scored a late winner to give the first three points for his national team. This victory was extremely important given that their first group match ended in a defeat against Senegal. Another defeat would have seen the team knocked out even before the tournament entered into the knockout stages. As it is, there will be going into the final match against South Africa with an opportunity to claim the final qualification spot. There is even a possibility that the team can win the group if other results go their way. Despite managing several great players like Michael Ballack, Lampard, and Drogba during his career,Grant says that Gyan is the best so far.
"I have coached some of the great players - and he's one of the greatest.Asamoah Gyan was not fit - he didn't train like he needed to - but he's Asamoah Gyan.First - he always scores when you need him, and he's good for the spirit of the team; he's a very good captain," said Grant. "We always believe in him - any time he's in the game we have the confidence to play,” said winger Atsu, who is playing for Everton on loan from Chelsea.