Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan limped off training on Wednesday ahead of their 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Mozambique after suffering a thigh injury.

The Shanghai SIPG striker retired at the end of the team’s final training session at the Accra Sports Stadium.

He had his thigh wrapped with packed ice as the technical staff looked worried with the prospect of losing his services very high.

Gyan’s elder brother Baffour, an ex-Ghana international striker, came from the stands to talk to him before he was taken away from the pitch by the medical staff.

It looks like a recurring injury which saw him Shanghai SIPG’s Asian Champions League win over Suwon Bluewings early this month.

But he recovered to star in the city derby against Shanghai Shenhua and then provided an assist as they beat Gamba Osaka in the

Gyan’s recent is rubbing him off his sharpness and could delay his target of 50 national team goals after banging in 48.