Ayew will link up with Ghana next weekend

Monday, 22 March 2021, 7:36
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Steve Cooper has revealed that leading scorer Andre Ayew will link up with Ghana next weekend after it was initially reported that he would stay in Swansea having been left out of the international squad.

Cooper now says that, in line with the other UK based players, he will travel to join up with the squad ahead of their game with Sรฃo Tomรฉ and Prรญncipe and then return to Swansea for our game against Birmingham just five days later.

Ayew was left out of the squad for the game with South Africa which is one of the re-list countries which would have meant a further period of quarantine on his return to the UK something the clubs over here were naturally keen to avoid.

The Ghana squad was named last week and the name of Ayew along with his brother Jordan and other UK based players in Arsenal midfielder Thomas Teye Partey, Crystal Palace midfielder Jeffrey Schlupp, Newcastle United winger Christian Atsu, Leicester City defender Daniel Amartey, Reading right-back Andy Yiadom and Brentford attacker Tariqe Fosu were all missing.

However, Cooper now confirmed what the position isย โ€œAndre wonโ€™t go to South Africa and play the game there,โ€ he told Wales Online.

โ€œHeโ€™ll join up with the team after that when they go back to Ghana and play the second game in Ghana and then return back in good time for the preparation for Birmingham.

โ€œWeโ€™ve spoken to other clubs in similar situations and theyโ€™re doing the same thing. Thatโ€™s how itโ€™ll work.โ€

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Phil Sumbler

Been watching the Swans since the very late 1970s and running the Planet Swans website (in all its current and previous guises since the summer of 2001 As it stood JackArmy.net was right at the forefront of some of the activity against Tony Petty back in 2001, breaking many of the stories of the day as fans stood against the actions where the local media failed. Was involved with the Swans Supporters Trust from 2005, for the large part as Chairman before standing down in the summer of 2020.

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