{"id":157771,"date":"2015-10-06T18:07:37","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T18:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=157771"},"modified":"2015-10-06T18:07:37","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T18:07:37","slug":"language-issues-asamoah-gyan-to-take-mandarin-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/10\/language-issues-asamoah-gyan-to-take-mandarin-lessons\/","title":{"rendered":"Language issues: Asamoah Gyan to take Mandarin lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shanghai SIPG and Black Stars striker Asamoah Gyan has disclosed that he intends taking lessons in Mandarin to aid him settle better at his new club.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 29 year old who spent four years in the UAE with Al-Ain scored 95 goals in 83 matches before moving for an undisclosed fee to the Chinese Super League.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gyan scored on his debut away from home to hand his team a 1-0 victory over Shandong Luneng after coming off the bench.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He admitted that learning a new language would be a challenge but one he is willing to confront.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI think it is going to be very difficult to speak Chinese but hopefully in a couple of months I think I will get used to it.\u00a0I don\u2019t know if I will be successful or not but I will make sure I take some lessons to see if I can learn a few words in the language.\u00a0Living here has been cool although I haven\u2019t been out a lot because I am an indoor person,\u201d he told Chinese media house CCTV.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gyan has been named in Avram Grant\u2019s squad to face Canada in an international friendly which will be played on the 13th of October in Washington DC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By:Benjamin Nketsia\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shanghai SIPG and Black Stars striker Asamoah Gyan has disclosed that he intends taking lessons in Mandarin to aid him settle better at his new club. 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