Black Stars all-time top scorer, Asamoah Gyan, says he turned down a move to Premier League heavyweight Manchester City to play at the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations.
According to him, he could stand the chance to miss what was going to be his first Nations Cup tournament and the fact that it was being played in Ghana having missed the 2006 edition due to injuries.
Gyan’s failure to join Man City saw the Premier League side sign Emmanuel Adebayor before Gyan later went to England where he played for Sunderland.
“Manchester City wanted me prior to the 2008 AFCON but I missed the AFCON in 2006, so 2008 was my first and it was being hosted in Ghana,” Gyan told Dan Kwaku Yeboah on YouTube.
“My manager advised we treated it then I sign for Man City but I told him I wanted to play at the AFCON because it was going to be my first.
“I sacrificed myself and left behind a big money move to play at the AFCON and Ghanaians didn’t appreciate me so I was pained.”
Gyan went ahead to play at six other AFCON tournaments after his debut in the 2008 edition.
