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Striker Asamoah Gyan has offered to meet a five-year-old fan who got his name on his Sunderland top just days before the Ghana international left the club. As reported in the Sunderland Echo, little Billy Ellison had been begging his dad Carl to get his favourite player�s name put on the back of his red-and-white shirt. But just days after Carl forked out �30 for the strip, it was announced Gyan had left Sunderland for United Arab Emirates side Al-Ain. Gyan has since seen the Echo story and has now invited Billy and Carl to Ghana�s friendly with Nigeria on October 11 at Watford�s Vicarage Road ground, a rearranged match originally postponed due to the riots in London. Gyan wrote on micro-blogging website Twitter: �To Billy re, sunderland echo, i will be back at SAFC very soon and whenever im in da uk, i will sign ur top 4 u. �Pls dont be upset. God bless.� (sic) He also said that someone should put Carl in touch with his management so that Billy can get his shirt signed by his hero. Gyan added: �Dont want to see any child upset over me. I have a child so i know what its like.� (sic) Several Sunderland AFC fans have left comment s on Twitter praising Gyan for offering an olive branch to Billy.The story was even picked up by African website Ghana Soccernet.