{"id":20445,"date":"2014-05-23T15:18:51","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T15:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=20445"},"modified":"2014-05-23T21:51:06","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T21:51:06","slug":"world-cup-2014-gyan-has-no-issues-with-essien-and-boateng-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/05\/world-cup-2014-gyan-has-no-issues-with-essien-and-boateng-absence\/","title":{"rendered":"LISTEN: Gyan has no issues with Essien and Boateng absence from camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan has revealed he has no qualms with the absence of team-mates Michael Essien and Kevin-Prince Boateng from the first phase of training ahead of the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Essien and Boateng asked to be excused from the training sessions in Accra due to personal reasons but would join the team in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>Gyan, however, has indicated his support for the duo despite misgivings from the team&#8217;s fans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; They had tangible reasons for their absence. They spoke to the technical staff and me about the situation.<\/p>\n<p>They are my colleagues and we will meet them in Holland in a few days.<\/p>\n<p>They gave an excuse which I found reasonable so I have no problems with them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars are due to play a farewell match later on Friday against a select side before flying to the Netherlands on Saturday where they will play against the Dutch national team on the 31st May, 2014 in Rotterdam.<\/p>\n<p>The team will the travel to the United States to play against South Korea in another pre-World Cup friendly before going to Brazil to take on the United States, Germany and Portugal in Group G of the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LISTEN: Full Asamoah Gyan interview in our FC Africa show<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FC Africa 11: Gyan exclusive, what Brendan Rodgers taught Kwesi Appiah &amp; Algeria&#039;s army. by Citi97.3\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F150972927&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=500&#038;maxheight=750&#038;dnt=1\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nBy: Nathan Quao\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan has revealed he has no qualms with the absence of team-mates Michael Essien and Kevin-Prince Boateng from the first phase of training ahead of the World Cup. 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