Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan is stoking further controversy in the raging debate over whether Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang deserved to win the African Player of the Year award by insisting Andre Ayew should have been handed the gong instead.
The Gabonese star was handed the top individual prize on the continent at a ceremony held in Abuja, Nigeria on Thursday night.
Aubameyang’s triumph has sharply divided opinions as to whether he truly deserves the award despite his hugely impressive statistics at club level.
Yaya Toure who was hoping to have landed his fifth consecutive gong also expressed his disappointment over being overlooked, so did Andre Ayew who was hoping to be the first Ghanaian to win the award in over two decades since his father, Abedi Pele clinched the accolade.
And Asamoah Gyan who endured a similar experience when he was overlooked in 2010 in favour of Samuel Eto’o has stated blankly the Borussia Dortmund striker does not deserve the award.
“Aubameyang doesn’t deserve the African Footballer of the Year award,” he said.
“He is a very very good striker and has did well for his club last year. But he did very little at the Africa Cup of Nations.
“I think Andre Ayew did very well at the Africa Cup of Nations and he also excelled with his two clubs so it is very disastrous not to name such a person.
“This has happened to me twice – one in 2010 and 2014. I don’t value the award again.
“CAF should tell us that the award is meant for players playing big clubs in Europe. National team & AFCON don’t matter again.
“Even though CAF snubbed me in 2011 & 2014, I still believe that I’ve won two African Best. They’re killing African Football.”
Aubameyang does not deserve value-less top CAF award, says Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan
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