Bristol City forward, Antoine Semenyo has disclosed that he wants to like former Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan and score more goals for the Black Stars.
Gyan is the all-time leading goalscorer of the Ghana national team, with 51 goals. He represented Ghana at the 2006, 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups.
Semenyo, who is yet to play for Black Stars has been on a rich vein of form for Bristol City, scoring eight goals and providing 12 assists in 30 matches in the English Championship.
"I would say Asamoah Gyan," he told Happy FM in an interview.
“As a young boy watching Ghana, he was obviously the person everyone looked up to. He was the striker that scored the goals and as a young player for me, I also want to score goals as well so every time I watched him he scored goals and I was like, ‘I want to be like him.
“So I am aspiring to be like him and hopefully I can be better than him – that will come with time.”
Semenyo won the EFL Championship Player of the Month award for January 2022 after scoring three goals and getting three assists.
"England has come here and there but Ghana is where I belong," he added.
"Those narratives [of black magic in the Black Stars] do not matter to me. I just want to play for Ghana and represent my home country."
He is expected to be named in the Black Stars squad for the upcoming 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers in June against Madagascar.