English Premier League side West Ham United has completed the signing of Ghana international Andre Ayew,GHANAsoccernet.com can confirm.

Andre Ayew, joined Swansea City last summer as a free agent and made a massive impact with 12 goals and two assists in 34 games in all competition for the Welsh based club.

West Ham united finished last season on 7th position and will be playing in the UEFA Europa League last season.

Slaven Bilic had bids for Carlos Bacca, Alexandre Lacazette and Michy Batshuayi all rejected before falling to a player who knows the English Premier League very well in Ayew.

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— West Ham United FC (@whufc_official) 8 August 2016

The Ghana international captained the Black Satellites to win Ghana’s and Africa’s only FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2009 and played very well for his country in the world Cup in 2010 a year after that.

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— Pride Of Irons (@PrideOfIrons) 8 August 2016

He has since been a key member of his national team’s set-up and is currently the deputy skipper of the Black Stars.