SWANSEA’S GHANAIAN FORWARD Andre Ayew hit back at West Ham’s sacked director of recruitment Tony Henry for calling into question the attitude of African players.
Henry was dismissed by the London club on Friday following an investigation into a report by the Daily Mail newspaper that Henry said West Ham wanted to limit their number of African players because “they have a bad attitude” and “cause mayhem” when they are not in the team.
“I just know that we African players are proud of ourselves, we know where we have come from, and we believe in our football,” said Ayew, who left West Ham to rejoin Swansea in an £18million deal last week.
African players — like Didier Drogba — have played at the greatest clubs in the world and done their jobs.
Advertisement
“We have done a lot to get into professional football and African footballers now play for Barcelona, Real Madrid and Chelsea.
“It’s an honour to be an African. I am so proud and so happy and I wouldn’t change it for anything.”
West Ham’s Senegalese midfielder Cheikhou Kouyate posted “African and proud” on his Instagram account the day after Henry’s comments were made public.
Ayew could make his second Swansea debut at home to Burnley on Saturday after recovering from a hamstring problem.
And he is hoping for a return to the form he showed in scoring 12 goals in his sole previous season with Swansea in 2015/16 to help keep the Welsh side in the Premier League.
It wasn’t a really difficult decision,” added Ayew, who will be reunited with little brother and former Marseille team-mate Jordan Ayew on his return.
“I looked at other options, but I felt like my job here wasn’t yet done.”
To embed this post, copy the code below on your site
Close
Comments
This is YOUR comments community. Stay civil, stay constructive, stay on topic.
Please familiarise yourself with our comments policy
here
before taking part.
'I just know that we African players are proud of ourselves'
SWANSEA’S GHANAIAN FORWARD Andre Ayew hit back at West Ham’s sacked director of recruitment Tony Henry for calling into question the attitude of African players.
Henry was dismissed by the London club on Friday following an investigation into a report by the Daily Mail newspaper that Henry said West Ham wanted to limit their number of African players because “they have a bad attitude” and “cause mayhem” when they are not in the team.
“I just know that we African players are proud of ourselves, we know where we have come from, and we believe in our football,” said Ayew, who left West Ham to rejoin Swansea in an £18million deal last week.
“We have done a lot to get into professional football and African footballers now play for Barcelona, Real Madrid and Chelsea.
“It’s an honour to be an African. I am so proud and so happy and I wouldn’t change it for anything.”
West Ham’s Senegalese midfielder Cheikhou Kouyate posted “African and proud” on his Instagram account the day after Henry’s comments were made public.
Ayew could make his second Swansea debut at home to Burnley on Saturday after recovering from a hamstring problem.
And he is hoping for a return to the form he showed in scoring 12 goals in his sole previous season with Swansea in 2015/16 to help keep the Welsh side in the Premier League.
“I looked at other options, but I felt like my job here wasn’t yet done.”
- (C) AFP 2018
The 42 is on Instagram! Tap the button below on your phone to follow us!
Watch: Ex-Man United striker Van Persie takes 50 seconds to score first Feyenoord goal in 14 years>
‘I was definitely a big fan’ – Pulisic admits Man United support>
To embed this post, copy the code below on your site
African players Andre Ayew Daily Mail Premier League RETORT sacked director West Ham United Tony Henry