11:38 KEY EVENT

Ayew transfer dead

Speaking at today’s press conference Sam Allardtce has said that he has given up hope of signing Swansea’s Andre Ayew.

Sunderland are believed to have enquired about his availability this month but the Swans were adamant that the Ghana international was not for sale.

Our man Stuart Rayner was speaking to Big Sam earlier and this is what he was told:

Have we given up? Yes. I can’t see Swansea selling Andre Ayew. I never really thought they would to be honest, and we haven’t put a bid in. It was a bit more speculation about whether Swansea would let him go.



More from Allardyce, including where he turns now, here.