GFA certain about Gyan return

ASAMOAH Gyan will make his Ghana return in June, says the country’s FA vice-president Jordan Anagbla.

Thursday, February 23, 2012
Gyan indefinitely quit the Black Stars last week. Net photo.

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.