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I feel sad for Nyantakyi- Asamoah Gyan

I feel sad for Nyantakyi- Asamoah Gyan
I feel sad for Nyantakyi- Asamoah Gyan
The Kayserispor striker says he feels for the former GFA president Kwesi Nyantakyi after the Anas expose’.
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Asamoah Gyan says he is saddened by the turn of events in the life of Kwesi Nyantakyi whose illustrious football career seems to have come crashing down over the Anas expose’.

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Kwesi Nyantakyi was at the centre of the undercover investigative piece by  multiple award winning journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas dubbed Number 12.

Nyantakyi and other football and match officials were caught on camera receiving monies suspected to be bribes in the expose’ which was premiered on 6 June this year.

Nyantakyi, the immediate past GFA President who had risen to enviable positions in football administration namely namely CAF 1 Vice President, WAFU President and member of the FIFA Executive Council had to relinquish all those position following a 90 day ban slapped on him by the world football governing body.

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Asamoah Gyan the skipper of the Black has sympathized with embattled for GFA president.

"I felt very bad when I heard the case about Kwesi Nyantakyi," he told UTV.

"When I started my football in 2003, Kwesi Nyantakyi has been there for me and many other players.

"He has risen from the scratch to become CAF 1st vice president and a FIFA Executive Council Member and has helped the development of football in the country despite his lapses.

"I was thinking about the difficulties he will go through.

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"He has lost everything at CAF, FIFA and GFA in a week but at the end of the day, what has happened has happened.

"I will pay him a visit before I go back to Turkey," he concluded.

The Wa All Stars bankroller became the first Ghana FA president to qualify Ghana to it first ever World Cup appearance in Germany.

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