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The father and manager of Swansea City\u2019s Andre Ayew has revealed to Citi Sports<\/strong>\u00a0that his son was close to agreeing a deal with Spanish La Liga side Athletico Madrid, before settling on\u00a0Swansea.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 25-year-old enjoyed a dream debut for Swansea City after scoring and helping his side grind out a 2-2 drawn game against English champions Chelsea last Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”w5KZNddQktVPapEEKij9HyR6sCOE3H6X”]Ayew also turned down offers from Liverpool, Tottenham and Roma to sign for the Cardiff based Swansea City.<\/span><\/p>\n

The move to Swansea came as a surprise to many, especially with Ayew playing for the best French club Marseille, for eleven seasons.<\/span><\/p>\n

But his father Abedi Ayew Pele has defended the move and revealed it came down to deciding between Athletico Madrid and Swansea which the former showed more interest.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cConsidering Andre\u2019s transfer I went to France for a whole one month and the biggest stumbling block was that he had changed a lot of managers within a short period of time,\u201d Abedi told Citi Sports.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen negotiations started I met Roma first and then Athletico Madrid who were close but a free agent is a free agent and a player like Andre\u2019s caliber you must be prepared to pay a lot for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now even though the start is well we can\u2019t say we made the right decision we only hope that at the end of the season we come back and be proud of what we did.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Ayew will play his second game for Garry Monk\u2019s side when they face Newcastle\u00a0this weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Rahman Osman\/citisports\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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