ASAMOAH Gyan will make his Ghana return in June, says the country’s FA vice-president Jordan Anagbla.
ASAMOAH Gyan will make his Ghana return in June, says the country’s FA vice-president Jordan Anagbla.Gyan ‘indefinitely’ quit the Black Stars last week, frustrated at the abuse suffered after his missed penalty in an Africa Cup of Nations semi-final.However, Anagbla is confident that the striker will return for June’s opening 2014 World Cup qualifiers against Lesotho and African champions Zambia."He’ll be available - he’ll be there to play for Ghana,” said Anagbla."I was able to [talk to] him and don’t forget I have this good relation with him.”The Black Stars open their Group D campaign against Lesotho on the first weekend of June, before playing 2012 Nations Cup winners Zambia a week later.Gyan suffered volleys of abuse after costing Ghana a place in the final of the 2012 Africa Nations Cup after missing a penalty in the semi-final against eventual champions Zambia.This prompted the Al Ain striker to admit that he was ‘psychologically down’, in a statement on Twitter.Anagbla revealed that the striker even received death threats."No one is saying that you should not criticise - but when you criticise with death threats, that is more serious,” added the FA vice-president.Should Gyan return to the Ghana fold in June, he will have missed no competitive matches - just the handful of friendlies that the Black Stars will play in the run-up to attempting to qualify for Brazil 2014.At the last World Cup in South Africa, Ghana would have become the first African side to ever reach the semi-finals had Gyan not missed a penalty in the quarter-finals against Uruguay.