Former Ghana assistant coach Ibrahim Tanko has revealed ex-Black Stars boss James Kwasi Appiah’s decision to strip Asamoah Gyan of the captaincy ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations was unilateral.
Just a month prior to the continental championship in Egypt, Ghana’s camp was in disarray as the veteran striker was forced to give up the leadership, the armband promptly handed over to Andre Ayew.
“I don’t know what happened before the tournament, honestly,” Tanko, who was one of Appiah’s two assistant coaches at the time, has told Joy Sports.
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“It was his [Kwasi Appiah] decision.