Asamoah Gyan, the former captain of the Black Stars, has explained his connection with teammate Andre Dede Ayew, stating that they are team players and not close friends.
Gyan claimed that even though they spent more than ten years playing together with the Black Stars, he and Ayew never had a close relationship off the pitch.
Gyan clarified that while he and Ayew have separate social circles, they are teammates in camp and put in a lot of effort to support one another.
“I usually say Andre is my teammate. Sometimes people misjudge. He’s a teammate that I talk to and laugh with, but we’re not friends,” Gyan said on Atinka TV.
He added, “Friends are people that you share secrets with. Andre is a teammate that I relate well to in camp, and we have teamwork on the field, but it doesn’t make him my friend.”
The ex-Ghana captain also asserted that people created a rivalry between himself and Ayew which is unnecessary.
“People have created unnecessary rivalry, which is okay. But at the end of the day, we all have our people to hang out with, but in the team, we are all teammates.”
Asamoah Gyan and Andre Ayew shared the pitch together, and both later became leaders of Ghana’s national team.
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