Captain of the Black Stars, Asamoah Gyan, has unequivocally rubbished comments made by former AC Milan forward, Kevin-Prince Boateng, over the team’s inability to win the African Cup of Nations in Gabon.
The UAE-based star said the Germany-born player betrayed the Black Stars with his social media comments in the wake of their fourth place finish at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.
Gyan insists the public and the media are at liberty to criticise the Black Stars, but insisted players who are or were part of the squad must publicly back his team-mates.
Immediately after the Afcon tourney in Gabon, Boateng took to twitter to reveal his displeasure in a widespread attack, saying: ‘Ghana deserves better.’
His comments did not go down well with the Black Stars skipper, Gyan, who questioned the patriotism of Boateng, insisting that his action was a betrayal of his former colleagues.
“He has betrayed his own colleagues with that tweet,” Gyan told a local radio station.
“He might be right. I was expecting someone outside the team to come out with these comments and not Kevin-Prince Boateng.
“Ghana deserves better, Fine we the players know that Ghana deserves better.
“From what I have seen, Kevin-Prince Boateng has never sacrificed for this Ghana national team.
“I leave this comment for journalists to talk about.
“I respect Kevin-Prince Boateng so much for the kind of player he is, but that comment he made surprises and amazes me. I was not expecting that from him.” Gyan concluded.
Boateng claimed the fourth place finish was not enough even though he has been reluctant to play in Africa’s flagship tournament in the past as he is only keen on World Cups.
“Unbelievable how a team, coach, fans and country with such great value can finish an AFCON in such a way,” Boateng wrote on his Twitter handle on Saturday.
“I hope now we will see all those big changes we all hope for because Ghana and all the people of Ghana deserve better.”
Boateng’s tweet ignited scorn from certain quarters for the player who has been accused of being an opportunist.
Some fans have accused him of only interested in playing at the World Cup.
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