Swansea City have signed Ghanaian international Jordan Ayew in a deal that sees Wales international Neil Taylor move to jordan’s former club, Aston Villa.
Swansea will pay up to £5m – plus Taylor – for the Aston Villa forward who has signed a three-and-a-half year deal at the Liberty Stadium.
Ayew is the brother of former Swansea forward Andre Ayew.
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“I’m sure his brother has given him the inside track on the club,” said Swans head coach Paul Clement.
“He is a very good acquisition. He’s versatile and dynamic to attack the lines and get in behind defences.
“He will certainly give us something different to what we’ve got.”
The 25-year-old Jordan, whose brother Andre played for Swansea last season before joining West Ham for £20.5m, is currently with Ghana at the Africa Cup of Nations.
Taylor, 27, has made more than 150 appearances for the club since his arriving from Wrexham, who could still receive a cash windfall through a sell-on clause.
His departure ends a six-and-a-half year association with the Swans.
The left-back moved to the Liberty from non-league club Wrexham in 2010 and played for the Swans 179 times.
“Neil has been a great servant for this club. I had a really nice discussion with him about his position,”
added Clement.
“He said he wanted to take this opportunity and I supported that. It’s the right time for him to have a new challenge and we wish him all the best.
“We brought Martin Olsson in from Norwich so we ended up with three left-backs with Neil and Stephen [Kingsley] as well. I only really need two.”
