‘I was a fine boy’ – Asamoah Gyan’s funny reaction to his old photo

Former Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan has reacted to a photo of his old self which has resurfaced on social media.

A photo of a young Gyan from the mid-2000s went viral on X (formerly Twitter) over the weekend, with many football fans in awe of his transformation.

Reacting to the viral photo, Gyan re-shared it on his Instagram page, accompanied by the caption: “Charley, na I be fine ooo. Have a lovely week.”

Meanwhile, Gyan recently revealed that his first salary as a professional footballer for Ghana Premier League side Liberty Professionals was GHc100.

Gyan retired in 2023 after a career that spanned two decades

Gyan joined the Dansoman-based side straight from excelling at the colts level and became one of the shining lights in the Ghanaian topflight.

After just a year, though, he secured a dream move to the Italian club Udinese, where he spent the next five years of his career.

He went on to play for Stade Rennes, Sunderland, Al Ain, Shanghai SIPG, Kayserispor, NorthEast United and Legon Cities before hanging his boots.

Discussing his first professional contract, however, the 38-year-old said his transfer fee when he joined Liberty was GHc500, while his salary was only GHc100.

“I was signed for GHc500 by Liberty. That was my signing fee, five million old currency. From [playing at] colts, then Liberty signed me for GHc500. But I was given GHc250 out of it, so I always tell them they owe me now,” Gyan said on YFM Ghana last month.

“My first contract at Udinese, I was earning €3,700 a month. At Liberty, I was earning GHc100 a month and then I moved to €3,700. I was then loaned to Modena for two years.”

He added: “In Modena, I was earning €7,000 and something, so my salary moved up. I won’t say the rest. After the loan, I came back to Udinese. That was after the 2006 World Cup. I was a World Cup material, so it had gone up again.

“The following year I had a huge contract to move to Russia but they decided they wanted me to stay for another year, so they had to change my contract. And that was when I started making money.”

Gyan is currently Ghana’s record scorer with 51 goals and also the country’s second most-capped player of all time behind only Andre Ayew.

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