FEATURE: Why Swansea City's Andre Ayew could be the next Wilfried Bony

Published on: 11 October 2015
FEATURE: Why Swansea City's Andre Ayew could be the next Wilfried Bony
Andre Ayew

I am not saying he should be leading the line, but it would not surprise me if Andre, just like Wilf, ends up getting a big-money move away from Swansea City.

I don't want it to happen, obviously.

Andre has been brilliant since he arrived in the summer and from a Swansea perspective, I hope he will be around for a long time yet.

But we have become used to players coming to Swansea and then moving on.

It is a sign that they are doing well for us while they are here, so I will take that — particularly as the club have made some good money on players who have come and gone in recent times.

Wilf is the perfect example.

He did not come cheap, yet his value had doubled by the time he left because he had done so well in a Swansea shirt.

If Andre sees playing here as a springboard in his career, then I think we have to accept that.

Certainly, we cannot complain about what he has delivered so far.

The big thing I like about him is that he gets in the box and scores goals, because that is probably something we have lacked from our wide players for a while.

How often have we seen some good build-up play out wide, a good cross coming in and then the ball going beyond the back post because there is nobody there to meet it?

With Andre around, that is less likely to happen.

He loves to get into the box and his aerial ability is superb.

A lot of the goals he scored at Marseille were headers, and we have seen already how good he is at that part of the game.

He has a great leap and he is also able to generate power. That is important because a lot of Jeff Montero's crosses are stood up rather than whipped in, so there is still a lot of work to do.

Andre also does the scrappy stuff.

He'll track back and he'll make a tackle.

We have already seen him come away from games with cuts and bruises on his head, and as fans we want to see that.

You want to see a player who is prepared to stick his foot in or put his head in where it hurts.

Andre does not mind doing the dirty work, but he already has four goals this season.

From a wide player, that is a superb return.

If Andre could get 10 goals in a season from his position, Garry Monk would have to be well pleased with that.

But the way Andre is going, I think he is capable of getting a few more than that.

It cost Swansea money in terms of a signing-on fee to get Andre to Wales, but we would have had to splash out a lot more if there had been a transfer fee involved.

And already, getting him in looks like a great bit of business.

Because there will be a lot of Premier League clubs looking at Andre and thinking he would be useful in their side.

Source: LEE TRUNDLE COLUMN, South Wales Evening Post.

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