Black Stars skipper Asamoah Gyan could be headed back to his chinese club Shanghai SIPG in June after former Tottenham Hotspurs and Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas was named as the new coach of the Chinese Super League club.
Gyan was declared surplus to requirements by the previous coach Sven Goran Eriksson following the hig-profile capture of Brazilian Hulk and sevral recurrent injury problems.
Gyan is currently on loan at Al Ahli in the United Arab Emirates league were he has re-discovered his scoring boots.
His loan deal at Al Ahli expires on June 30, 2016 and he is likely to be welcomed back by Villas-Boas if he continues to impress..
Villas-Boas was recently in charge of Russian club Zenith Saint Petersburg, where he won a Russian league title, Russian Cup and Russian Super Cup in two years before leaving his post in May this year.
He made his name as a 34-year-old in 2011, winning a treble with FC Porto which inluded the Portuguese league and cup as well as the 2011 UEFA Europa League title.
Villas-Boas moved to Chelsea in June 2011 where he was sacked before spending a year at Spurs and later Zenith.