[ 2013-01-06 ]

Marseille release injured Ayew for 2013 AFCON
Olympique Marseille have released Andre Ayew to
join the Ghana national team for the 2013 Africa
Cup of Nations, GHANAsoccernet.com can confirm.

The 23-year-old picked up a hamstring injury on
Wednesday and is expected to be out for an initial
five days.

The French club had made a request to the Ghana FA
to hold on to the midfielder as they begin
treatment of the injury.

Their request was however rejected by the GFA who
insisted on having the player in the Black Stars
camp by Saturday’s deadline.

As a result, Marseille on Friday gave permission
to Ayew to join the rest of his national teammates
in Abu Dhabi.

It is however unclear at this point whether the
son of Ghana legend Abedi Pele has set off for the
Black Stars camp in the UAE.

Ayew is expected to continue with his treatment
while in the UAE and would hopefully join full
scale training if his recovery keeps to schedule.

The news comes as a massive boost to Ghana who
have already lost Yahaya Mohammed to injury days
towards the start of the Nations Cup in South
Africa.

Source - Ghanasoccer

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