Andre Ayew saluted Swansea City's fans after the club's play-off final defeat by Brentford
Swansea City record signing Andre Ayew will leave the Welsh club on a free transfer when his contract expires this month, the English Championship side has confirmed.
The 31-year-old has decided not to extend his expiring contract as predicted by Ghana's leading football news outfit Ghanasoccernet.com last week.
The utility player scored 35 goals in 106 appearances since rejoining Swansea from West Ham for an initial £18m in January 2018.
Ayew appeared to have bid Swansea City farewell after his side failed to secure promotion to the English Premier League last week.
The Swans lost 2-0 t Brentford at Wembeley to kill off any ambition of top-flight football and this looks to have led to his deecision to leave the English Championship side.
The Ghana star, who is Swansea City's top scorer, failed to deliver another magic for the side as they missed the boat.
Looking dejected, Ayew appeared to have bid the fans farewell by applauding the fans after they chanted his name.
It's been a remarkable individual performance for the 31-year-old, who returned to the side after a season long loan in Turkey.
The Ghanaian finished the campaign as Swansea's top scorer having netted 17 Championship goals.
Ayew's salary - he is Swansea's top earner by a distance - meant his exit was inevitable after the club missed out on promotion to the Premier League.
Ayew originally joined Swansea on a free transfer from Marseille in 2015 and, after one impressive top-flight season in which he scored 12 goals in 35 appearances, joined West Ham for £20.5m.
He returned 18 months later in what remains a club-record deal but could not save Swansea from Premier League relegation.
Ayew spent the following season on loan at Fenerbahce, but came back to Swansea in 2019 and has ended the last two campaigns as boss Steve Cooper's leading scorer.
His final appearance for the club came in last Saturday's play-off final defeat by Brentford at Wembley.
There was a belief Ayew would be handed a new deal had Swansea won that game, but a 2-0 reverse spelt the end of his time at the Liberty Stadium.