Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan extends contract with Al Ain

Leading goalscorer for the past three seasons in Arabian Gulf League to stay on until 2018. John McAuley reports.

Asamoah Gyan has been the best striker in the past three years at the Arabian Gulf League. Al Ittihad

Asamoah Gyan has extended his contract with Al Ain until 2018, it was announced late on Thursday night.

The Ghanaian striker, the UAE top flight’s leading goalscorer for the past three years, has committed his future to the Garden City club following a relatively successful Brazil World Cup.

Since joining in 2011, originally on loan, Gyan has scored 82 goals in 66 league matches. Gyan, who led Ghana at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, previously played for Sunderland in the English Premier League.

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