Dede Returns To Marseille

Ghana International, Andre Ayew, has temporarily returned to France in order to continue his rehabilitation at his former club, Marseille.

The £20.5million summer signing suffered a thigh injury during his Premier League debut for the Hammers against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge last month and was subsequently ruled out until December.

His club, West Ham, who are struggling in this season’s Premier League, agreed to allow Ayew to return to France temporarily for further treatment, following his earlier diagnosis and a request to be treated in familar surroundings.

And the 26-year-old forward is said to have drawn a large crowd this afternoon when he attended Marseille’s training centre.

According to L’Equipe, Ayew took “light exercises alongside a physiotherapist” whilst suggesting that “the process recovery seemed well underway”.

Meanwhile, Ayew is certainly ruled-out of next month’s 2018 World Cup qualifier double header against Uganda and Egypt in October.

Dede Returns To Marseille

I"m Very Happy To Reunite With Dmitri Payet - Dede Ayew

Ghana international, Andre Ayew, has expressed joy over his reunion with former Marseille teammate, Dmitri Payet after he completed a move to English Premier League side, West Ham United on a four-year deal worth £20.5 million.

 

Ayew joined Swansea City last summer as a free agent and had a blistering first season having scored 12 goals and providing two assists in 34 games in all competitions for the Welsh club.

West Ham’s player of the season, Dmitri Payet

Ayew told West Ham United’s official website that the Premier League still has not seen the best of Dimitri Payet just yet. “He’s a friend of mine as we played two or three years together at Marseille. I know him and he knows me and I’m happy to be back playing with a great player like him, because I know what he is capable of doing.”

 

“I know what he did last season and he can do even more, so now I’m back with him we’re going to work together with the whole team and do everything possible to make things right.”

 

Payet was one of the stand-out players for France at the just-ended Euro 2016 tourney and narrowly missed out on the PFA Player of the Year award to Riyadh Mahrez.

I"m Very Happy To Reunite With Dmitri Payet - Dede Ayew