Andre Ayew deal all but confirmed

Despite Diafra Sakho’s £16m deal to West Brom falling through, West Ham are still ready to splash out £20m to secure the services of Swansea forward Andre Ayew. The deal has been rumoured for a while, but a series of events in the last 24 hours mean that it is effectively complete now with just a medical and the clubs confirmation to come.

A key factor in Swansea letting Ayew go was them signing a striker themselves, much like the Hammers refuse to let both Sakho and Enner Valencia leave before they sign a new striker themselves. Swansea yesterday announced the signing of Fernando Llorente on a two-year deal, freeing up Ayew for his move to East London.

Twitter: ✍️ We are delighted to announce the signing of @llorentefer19. #WelcomeFernando

➡️https://t.co/ZgHOeKcZBC https://t.co/TA10K2Oacr (@SwansOfficial)

Meanwhile, the infamous ‘Boleyn Insider’ reported on the West Ham website that the club are “set to make a substantial signing within the next 72 hours” and that this would be a forward.

Following this, a friend of Ayew’s tweeted a picture of the Ghana international coming to say goodbye to him “ahead of his move from Swansea to West Ham”.

Twitter: Andre Ayew came around to say goodbye ahead of move from Swansea to West Ham. Good luck in London brother @AyewAndre https://t.co/wQjhQSJSL6 (@Otman_S)

All of the arrows are certainly pointing in the right direction for the transfer, with all the major media outlets also reporting that the deal is soon-to-be completed. Hopefully not long now until Andre Ayew is officially a West Ham player, he could even be revealed at half time at the Juventus game on Sunday.

Twitter: BREAKING: Sky Sources: @whufc_official agree fee with @SwansOfficial for forward Andre Ayew. More here: https://t.co/2TIFVSVDOs #SSNHQ (@SkySportsNewsHQ