Olympique de Marseille coach Didier Deschamps says he wants to keep Andre Dede Ayew in the French league champions team next season. It must be noted that several English Clubs, including Everton and Birmingham, have expressed their interest in the midfielder.
Deschamps said he has the intention to bring back the Ghanaian international to team up with his 18-year-old sibling Jordan.
The 20-year-old finished a great season, on loan to Arles Avignon, by aiding the club to seal promotion to the French Ligue 1 for the first time in the club's history
Dede is the son of the legendary Abedi "Pele" Ayew, the three-time African Footballer of the Year and surely the greatest Ghanaian footballer of all time.
His dad's Marseille connections saw him rise through the ranks of the club's youth academy, but his rapid progress stalled somewhat last season when he failed to see much match action while on loan at fellow Ligue 1 club Lorient.
However, Ayew has enjoyed a far more successful campaign this time round, combining Ghana duties with a loan spell at Arles Avignon.
Having skippered the Black Satellites to Under-20 World Cup glory in Egypt last October, Ayew was part of the senior Black Stars squad that finished as runners-up in January's African Nations Cup in Angola.
After his busy international schedule, Ayew has knuckled down at Arles earned rave reviews. Playing in a support striker role, the rapidly maturing forward chipped in with the goals while also tracking back to help midfield and defence.