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Jordan Ayew has allegedly signed a new contract with Crystal Palace and has voiced his happiness at staying with the Premier League team despite not having a very productive season.
Ayew’s previous contract was due to expire this summer; however, he made the decision to sign a new one, keeping him with the Eagles through the end of the 2024 campaign.
The 31-year-old forward, who transferred from Swansea City to Palace, has played 166 times and scored 18 goals.
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“I am glad with the new deal. I’ve been here for nearly five years and it has not always been easy. I just keep going and believe in what I can do,” said Ayew in an interview with London News.
Ayew’s performances on the pitch have earned him the trust of Palace fans, as he was voted the club’s Player of the Season for 2019/2020.
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Countryman Songo, whose real name is Patrick Osei Agyemang, has criticized Chris Hughton for engaging in political manoeuvring within the national team shortly after he was named the Black Stars coach.
On the most recent episode of his Fire for Fire program on Adom TV, Songo said he was surprised to see Amartey and Partey leading the squad in Kumasi and Lunada, respectively, in place of Dede Ayew, who was benched for no apparent reason.
He asserted that Jordan Ayew, the team’s oldest player, ought to have been given the duty of acting as captain in his brother’s absence.
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He proposed that Jordan Ayew, who has significant national team experience, should be elected vice-captain rather than Thomas Partey and Richard Ofori in the absence of his brother Andre Ayew.
“If Dede Ayew the captain is not around, Partey the second captain is also not there and the third captain is also not around who should be the captain?” Songo quizzed.
He added, “Jordan Ayew even has more experience than Partey so he should have been the second captain. So how come you give the captain’s armband to Amartey.”
Songo believes that it is as a result of these captainship issues that the Black Stars have failed to win a trophy in many years.
He said, “How can Ghana win a trophy with this kind of politics in the Black Stars? This is a bad attitude.
On the same show, Songo revealed that Chris Hughton victimised Andre Ayew in relation to Black Stars’ match against Angola in the AFCON qualifier.
Songo whose real name is Patrick Osei Agyemang said when it was time for hiring a coach for the Black Stars, the Ghana Football Association requested Ayew’s opinion as the team’s captain on the potential hiring of Chris Hughton and Kwasi Appiah. Read more from here.