[ 2016-08-30 ]

Asamoah Gyan fails medical at Reading
Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan will not play for
Reading FC in the English Championship this season
as he has failed a medical.

A local website, Get Reading, reports that the
30-year old was set for a loan spell from Chinese
side Shanghai SIPG, but due to the fact that he
needed eight weeks to reach full fitness, Reading
would not take the gamble on him.

Gyan, who has been in the south-east of England
for the past two days, has been looking for a club
before the transfer window ends at midnight on
Wednesday.

There was talk that he will make a return to
Sunderland, where he scored 10 Premier League
goals during a two-year spell from 2010, but it
cooled off quickly. Chances of going to Newcastle,
like the Black Cats, could not work also because
of wage considerations, Joy Sports understands.

The striker joined Shanghai in 2015 in a deal that
made him one of the highest-paid footballers in
the world at the time, with a weekly wage of
£227,000.

Gyan has been beset by injury worries in the past
few years, which have been the main cause of his
relegation to the backround at his Chinese Super
League club.

A succession of thigh and knee problems meant the
club were unable to rely on his services, although
his goal return had been decent when fit.

UPDATE (1249pm):

A source at the club tells Joy Sports Gary
Al-Smith: "Gyan is able to move, pass, and his
weight and everything is fine. But he is not match
sharp and we suspect it is from his lack of
playing time in China. He's a good, good player
but we are in need off a good-to-go striker now.
We can't afford the luxury of eight weeks."

Source - Joy Sports

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