Andre Ayew

[Hoddle&Waddle]

His heading of the ball looks top draw from his youtube vids.

 

[Sweech]

It was either him or his brother that really impressed me in the WC. Constantly looked like one of the more dangerous players on the pitch.

Edit: upon looking up the scores I'm guessing it was Andre as he scored twice.

 

[Snarfalicious]

It was either him or his brother that really impressed me in the WC. Constantly looked like one of the more dangerous players on the pitch.

Edit: upon looking up the scores I'm guessing it was Andre as he scored twice.

He was fantastic. His goals against the US and Germany were pretty awesome. A nice header against Germany and an outside of the boot strike against the US.

 

[kernowspurscoach1977]

Let's hope that it is true and we sign him

 

[Pican]

He was fantastic. His goals against the US and Germany were pretty awesome. A nice header against Germany and an outside of the boot strike against the US.

Indeed. What impressed me the most about his WC was his great attitude though. Looked like a leader on the pitch and always got stuck in and gave 100% when things looked rough.

 

[Bus-Conductor]

He's a good pro. I've always quite liked him as a player for his all round qualities. Hard worker, good technique, quite quick. But I think his actual end product can be a bit wanting to be honest. If we didn't have such a great academy I'd say on a free, as a squad player (who can play most attacking positions including as a striker) we could do plenty worse than Andre Ayew. He'd fit Pochettino's ethos pretty well. But I'm not sure we need to be padding our squad right now with just "decent" players.

I wouldn't be disappointed if we signed him but I wouldn't be too excited either. I know he could do a job reasonably well, just not sure whether it would be well enough to help propel us up the league.

Dimitre Payet is the man we really should be signing from Marseille.

 

[spurs9]

He's a good pro. I've always quite liked him as a player for his all round qualities. Hard worker, good technique, quite quick. But I think his actual end product can be a bit wanting to be honest. If we didn't have such a great academy I'd say on a free, as a squad player (who can play most attacking positions including as a striker) we could do plenty worse than Andre Ayew. He'd fit Pochettino's ethos pretty well. But I'm not sure we need to be padding our squad right now with just "decent" players.

I wouldn't be disappointed if we signed him but I wouldn't be too excited either. I know he could do a job reasonably well, just not sure whether it would be well enough to help propel us up the league.

Dimitre Payet is the man we really should be signing from Marseille.

I agree about Ayew, if he could play on the right or striker, I would think differently but the left side of the AM 3 is really strong in the academy with Oduwa & Azzaoui coming through and although Pritchard can play across the 3, if has a strongest position, it would be on the left IMO.

 

[rossdapep]

For those saying he's a good pro, he was almost excluded for arriving later than requested by Abram Grant. Also, this isn't the first time, pretty sure he went AWOL for a year or so.
However, these problems do seem to be tied to international duty and not club level

 

[CoopsieDeadpool]

For those saying he's a good pro, he was almost excluded for arriving later than requested by Abram Grant. Also, this isn't the first time, pretty sure he went AWOL for a year or so.
However, these problems do seem to be tied to international duty and not club level

Hmm, this seems to be the case quite often with players who represent teams from Africa

 

[Bus-Conductor]

For those saying he's a good pro, he was almost excluded for arriving later than requested by Abram Grant. Also, this isn't the first time, pretty sure he went AWOL for a year or so.
However, these problems do seem to be tied to international duty and not club level

I wasn't really talking about off field stuff, of which I have very little knowledge to be honest. I just meant as a player. He's not lazy, he works for the team, he's got a good all round set of attacking skills.

 

[Strikeb4ck]

I remember him also being the one constantly pumping up the crowd and getting the fans involved (at the World Cup).

 

[rossdapep]

I wasn't really talking about off field stuff, of which I have very little knowledge to be honest. I just meant as a player. He's not lazy, he works for the team, he's got a good all round set of attacking skills.

I guess that's what counts really. There does tend to be a lot of politics regarding African teams (His brother and KPB also went AWOL), so there may be deeper reasons behind this.

But yeah we need players who fit his on-field description

 

[matty74]

So how close are we to actually signing this guy? I know there is talk about him wanting to come in the summer. Is there any concrete info of this deal happening?

 

[Hoddle&Waddle]

So how close are we to actually signing this guy? I know there is talk about him wanting to come in the summer. Is there any concrete info of this deal happening?

Nope.

 

[Sweech]

He's not available on a free this summer, he signed a 1 year extension with Marseille.

 

[JamieSpursCommunityUser]

He's not available on a free this summer, he signed a 1 year extension with Marseille.

That's what I heard, however..

“I have not signed any new contract with Marseille. My contract expires in June next year. The reports you read from the French media is from last year not recent at all,” Ayew told GHANAsoccernet.com exclusively on Wednesday. -

http://ghanasoccernet.com/liverpool...dre-ayew-denies-marseille-contract-extension/

 

[TheAmerican]

http://www.squawka.com/news/reports-from-france-andre-ayew-is-desperate-for-move-to-tottenham/325517

Reports from France: Andre Ayew is desperate for move to Tottenham

Marseille playmaker Andre Ayew would love to move to Spurs, according to le10sport.com.

Ayew, who has bagged six goals in Ligue 1 so far this season, is currently contracted with Marseille but his current deal runs out at the end of the season.

And it has been reported by the French outlet that the Ghanaian was contacted by Tottenham in December with a view to a possible move in the January transfer window, but the move failed to materialise.

Ayew is joint-second top goalscorer for Marseille in Ligue 1 this season.

Since then the North London club have not followed up on their initial discussions with the 25-year-old but Le10 Sport report that is clear that Ayew would love to join Spurs.
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We can get him for free, seriously... He would solve up the LW/backup striker slot very nicely. He would also give us some much needed purposeful pace.

 

[ButchCassidy]

Seems like a very logical signing. That said, we often have the issue of making logical signings that turn out not to fit the squad, the manager, or the tactics. I don't care that he's young or that he's free, I only want him if Poch wants him and he's one of the best players we have identified for the role that we need. No more business signings.

 

[Sweech]

Seems like a very logical signing. That said, we often have the issue of making logical signings that turn out not to fit the squad, the manager, or the tactics. I don't care that he's young or that he's free, I only want him if Poch wants him and he's one of the best players we have identified for the role that we need. No more business signings.

The good thing is that he's coming from a system very similar to ours and he's done extremely well at it. So in theory he checks all the boxes.

 

[Hoddle&Waddle]

I think we may well use him on the right wing if we signed him.