Asamoah Gyan: Reading set to sign Ghana captain on loan deal

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Asamoah Gyan scored ten goals from 25 starts and a total of 37 appearances for Sunderland

Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan is set to join Reading on a season loan from Chinese side Shanghai SIPG.

The 30-year-old former Sunderland striker is having a medical with the Championship side.

Gyan scored 10 Premier League goals for the Black Cats during a two-year spell from 2010, before moving to Al-Ain in the United Arab Emirates.

He joined Shanghai in 2015 and - at the time - became one of the highest-paid footballers in the world.

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