Sunderland Striker Asamoah Gyan Makes Shock Move To Al-Ain!
Just a few hours before Sunderland go into a huge game against Chelsea this afternoon at the Stadium of Light and Steve Bruce has revealed that United Arab Emirates outfit Al-Ain have taken the unsettled Ghanian striker Asamoah Gyan on loan for the rest of the season.
"Anyone who has seen Asamoah play will know that he hasn't been himself in recent months. This option suits all parties at the present time and the club is well-protected in the deal. Asamoah has three years remaining on his contract and of course my wish would be that he finds his spark again and we see him in red and white stripes next season in the form that first attracted us to him." Bruce has revealed Gyan has been unhappy since his goalscoring performance for Ghana against England in March; "Since that game at Wembley, all the parasites, as I call them, hover around. People are in his ear constantly trying to engineer a deal for him. Certainly since the England game, when he played at Wembley so well on the night, something has been troubling him. It's very difficult, the constant speculation no matter what you try to quash or quell, and the people around him, the people who want to make a fast buck, shall we say, and it affects him in the end."Gyan's shock move leaves Sunderland ridiculously short up-front having sold Darren Bent in January to Aston Villa and with former Man Utd striker Frazier Campbell a long term absentee, the heavy burden of scoring for The Mackems now lies with loan striker Nicklas Bendtner, youngster Connor Whickham and midfielder Stephane Sessegnon.