Ayew keeps his eyes on the prize at Swans

ANDRE Ayew says he remains fully focused on helping Swansea City gain promotion this season as he sees out the final months of his contract with the club.

The Ghanaian will be a free agent in the summer and will move on to pastures new should the Swans fail to go up this season.

However, there’s the possibility that he stays in south Wales if Steve Cooper guides the club back into the Premier League following a three-year absence from the topflight.

But Ayew says he does not want to lose sight of the job in hand as Swansea look to return to winning ways against Millwall this weekend having lost four consecutive Championship matches on the bounce ahead of the trip to London.

“We will see. When you start thinking about that, it takes away some of your focus, and I don’t want that,” he told Fourfourtwo.

“It could get to a point where that question will come – ‘Are you staying or going?’ – but right now I’m happy here.

“There’s the Africa Cup of Nations and World Cup in 2022, so I need to be in the best possible shape for those, as they’re very important to me.

“But first I need to focus on making sure Swansea achieve things.”

Given his hefty wages, Ayew was widely expected to depart when Cooper arrived at the club in the summer of 2019.

However, he has stayed with Swansea since returning from a loan spell with Turkish giants Fenerbahce.

And the 31-year-old says he has been determined to repay the faith shown in him by Cooper since the opportunity arose for him to leave ahead of the current campaign.

“The manager said, ‘I want you you don’t have to move; the club is ready to keep you,’” he added.

“That message was big for me.”