Andre Ayew To Battle Williams And Briton For Swansea January Player Of The Month

Black Stars attacking midfielder Andre Ayew has been nominated for Swansea January Player of the Month Award.

The 26 year old former Marseilles attacker has been nominated for the monthly accolade alongside club captain Ashley Williams and Leon Britton.

The summer arrival at the Liberty Stadium has seen Ayew pick three player of the month award for the Welsh side since joining on a Bossman rule.

Ayew, announced himself to English football with the August Player of the month in the division and has since gone on to win three more player of the month at the club level.

The much sort after Ghana international registered 2 goals in 4 appearances for Swansea City in the month of January to steer the Whites away from drop.

Andre is set to rival captain Ashley Williams who capped a highly productive January with an important goal in a 1-0 over Watford.

The list is completed by the experienced Leon Britton who starred prominently for the Liberty based side as they ended January 2016 with one defeat in four matches.

Andre will be gunning for his fourth Swansea player of the month when the winner is decided by the clubs fans.

Andre Ayew To Battle Williams And Briton For Swansea January Player Of The Month

Swansea City manager rules out January exit for Andre Ayew

Interim Swansea City manager Allan Curtis has ruled out any January move for Andre Ayew despite the flurry of interests from domestic rivals.

The 61 year old trainer shut the door on any potential suitor but promised adding more attacking options to the Liberty based side.

Andre Ayew joined Swansea as a free agent in the summer but has since racked in 7 impressive strikes for the struggling whites.

Liverpool leads a queue of domestic rivals in the Premiership gunning for the services of the 26 year old Ghana international after his impeccable form at the Liberty. Sunderland’s £14m official bid for the attacking wide man was mooted at by the Wales based premier league campaigners but their manager has now officially ruled out any chance of their top scorer leaving in the winter transfer.

“We don’t want to loose anyone and are trying to bring people in. I didn’t know tgere was a first bid, no one told me, but there is no way we could contemplate letting Andre go”, Allan Curtis warned.

He further added, “Andre is a big player for us. There has been talk about Sunderland but we couldn’t even entertain that as far as I am concerned”.

The summer arrival at the Liberty has since registered 7 goals in his opening 22 matches for the goal shy Swansea City on his debut campaign in English football.

Swansea City manager rules out January exit for Andre Ayew

Cape Coast Stadium Will Be Completed This Month, January

Newly Built Cape Coast Stadium Is ‘Almost Done’ – MOYS

The 15, 000 capacity Cape Coast stadium is in its finally stage of completion and this new edifice is part of Ghana’s ambitions to expand sports and also develop infrastructure across the country.

 

 

The stadium, according to President John Dramani Mahama is a gift from the Government of the People’s republic of China to Ghana in memory of the late President John Evans Atta Mills. the project started in 2012 and when officially completed and handed over, will bring to a total number of five the number standard stadia in Ghana.

 

The Accra and Kumasi stadia were refurbished and capacity also increased from 20,000 to 40,000 during Ghana’s preparation to host AFCON 2008 and two new ones were built in Essipong (Western region) and Tamale (Northern region) respectively. The newly built Essipong and Tamale have tartan tracks for athletes to train as the refurbished Accra and Kumasi had the old tracks removed.

 

“On January 31, the contractor will finally hand over the stadium to us [ministry and the National Sports Authority] to pave the way for the handing over and taking over the ceremony,” Dr. Mustapha Ahmed told Asempa FM.

The sports minister added, “After that, a particular date will be set by the government for an opening ceremony to officially announce that the stadium is ready for use. What amuses me is that there are not only facilities for football there. Some other sporting disciplines will also have training facilities.”

 

The stadium which is designed by China IPPR International engineering corporation features a 300 car parking capacity, two basketball fields, a handball court and tennis court. It also has an indoor facility to be used for indoor games.

Cape Coast Stadium Will Be Completed This Month, January