Asamoah Gyan recounts salary journey from Ghana to Europe

Former Black Stars captain, Asamoah Gyan has revealed that he earned GH¢250 as his first salary when he signed his first professional contract with Liberty Professionals.

He noted that in 2004, when the deal was finalised, his signing fee was GH¢500 after moving from a coastal team at the time.

The legendary footballer also shared that he used the funds to repair his first vehicle, which had been gifted to him by his brother.

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“I was signed for GH¢500 at Liberty. At that time, it was a lot of money in 2004. Then I was given GH¢250 as salary, so I always told them they owe me. My brother had an old car, but the engine was faulty, so I bought a new one for GH¢100 at Abossey Okai and gave GH¢50 to the mechanic. So the remaining GH¢100 was with me, and I was a rich man, those were the times…” he said in Twi in a video shared on X.

Gyan disclosed that there was a vast contrast in earnings when he moved to Europe, where he was paid €3,700 at Udinese and earned even higher wages while on loan to Modena.

He noted that his contract at Udinese improved significantly after receiving a lucrative offer from a Russian club, which he was asked to decline.

“My first foreign contract earned me €3,700 monthly. That was huge, considering I was earning GH¢250 at Liberty. Then I was loaned to Modena for two years, where I was paid €7,000. After my loan, I returned to Udinese following the 2006 World Cup, and my value had gone up.

“The following year, I received a big offer to move to Russia, but they wanted me to stay another season, so they changed my contract and that’s when I started making real money,” he said in the interview shared on X.

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