Andre Ayew reveals why his partnership with Bafetimbi Gomis works at Swansea

Published on: 02 September 2015
Andre Ayew reveals why his partnership with Bafetimbi Gomis works at Swansea
Andre Ayew has been a top player for Swansea City

Ghana star Andre Ayew says his knowledge of the movements of striker Bafetimbi Gomis is the reason for Swansea City's early impressive form, dubbing the striker one of the best in the Premier League.

Gomis came close to leaving for Dubai club Al Ahli earlier this summer, before the deal fell through.

He has since started the season with a bang, scoring four goals in as many Premier League appearances.

Ayew's tally stands at three and the two former Ligue 1 players seem to have developed a good understanding.

The Ghana international picked out Gomis with a superb through ball against Manchester United two days ago, and the former Lyon forward netted the decisive goal in a 2-1 win.

"Bafe is a player I know very well, I know a lot of his movements," said Ayew.

"I'm not able to find him every time, but if I've got the ball I try to look for him first. Then we have other people around.

"He moves really well, I always try to find him, and at the moment he is on fire, four goals from four games.

"We need to feed him as much as we can so he can get us the goals."

After a slow start to life at the Liberty when he was behind Wilfried Bony in the pecking order, Gomis has found his feet.

The French forward has scored in nine of his last 10 top-flight games.

And Ayew is backing him to continue netting for Swansea beyond yesterday's transfer deadline.

"He is a complete striker. He plays in the air, he keeps the ball, he goes behind the back, he's quick," added Ayew.

"He is a player who was underestimated for a while.

"He's a big striker and with the opportunity he's had since January, he's proving that he is one of the top strikers in the league, and I hope he keeps scoring goals because that will win us games.

"Bafe is our leading striker, he's here to score goals and we're going to try to feed him as much as we can.

"What's important is the squad. If everyone is chipping in with their assists or goals that will help Swansea.

"Bafe's going to stay. Hopefully Bafe's going to stay and help us."

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