Abedi’s son ignores January transfer speculations
Ghana’s Black Stars captain, Andre Ayew says he wants to help Swansea City “do something great” and “is not thinking” about speculation about a January move away from the Liberty Stadium.
Ayew, the son of Ghana’s football legend, Abedi Pele, scored twice in the Championship win over Middlesbrough on Saturday, taking his season’s tally to nine.
Head coach Steve Cooper says there is likely to be predict January interest in the forward.
“I’m not thinking at all about that,” said 29-year-old Ghana captain Ayew.
“I’m here, I’m 100% here just thinking about the next game, that’s Luton. That’s speculation, that’s what people are going to say.
“I’m just focusing on what’s ahead of me and I’m happy here so that’s not something I think about.”
Ayew spent 2018-19 on loan at Fenerbahce following Swansea’s relegation from the Premier League in 2018.
Swansea’s £18m record signing had been expected to move on last summer – in part due to his sizeable wages – but Ayew says he chose to stay and has been one of Cooper’s star performers in 2019-20.
Ayew added: “I think I can do it at any level. That’s not my question. I think I can play at any level, that’s not the problem.
“I’m happy here. If I’m here it’s because I decided to be here. It was my decision.
“I’m just happy, playing my football, enjoying with the lads.
“We want to do something great so we need to keep working and later we will see [what happens].
“The lads, the staff, the club, the fans have a lot of belief in me. I just have to focus on that.
“What’s important for me is to get the legs going, get wins and from there we’ll see.”
Cooper repeated his views Ayew could be a target for other clubs during next month’s transfer window after the Ghanaian’s double against Middlesbrough helped Swansea end a six-match winless run to put them a point off the play-off zone.
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“I’ll keep saying it because it’s the truth. He’s been brilliant,” said Cooper.
“He’s a class act both on and off the pitch. First and foremost as a player, he delivers.