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Andre Ayew has revealed how his father urged him to link up with brother Jordan at Swansea City, having felt the Ghanaian should never have left in the first place.

Forward Ayew, 28, is back for a second spell at the Liberty after sealing a club-record £18million move from West Ham on deadline day, returning less than 18 months after leaving to join the Hammers.

It means he will play alongside his little brother Jordan again - having done so for Marseille and Ghana - and he cannot wait to get started.

And their father - African football hero Abedi Pele - was in no doubt as to what his eldest son should do when the chance to head back to South Wales presented itself.

“My father is happy, he was not for me leaving Swansea to be fair,” said Andre.

“He told me he did not want me to go, he felt I was not done here but things happen and decisions are made.

“But when I had the chance to come back his advice was to come back to Swansea and not go anywhere else.

“I thought about it, I have more experience now so I made sure I considered everything.

“I had offers in England and other countries but I felt I had unfinished business here.

“I know it is tough, that everyone can stay up or everyone can go down. So it will be good to get up in the Premier League and achieve our goal.”

Jordan has been in sensational form of late, playing a key role in Swansea’s revival under Portuguese boss Carlos Carvalhal, and the brothers do have pedigree for linking up effectively.

While at Marseille they contributed 22 goals and 13 assists in one season as the club narrowly missed out on Champions League qualification.

It is a relationship Andre hopes can pay dividends for Swans over the final dozen games of their survival battle.

“It is great to play with Jordan again, we have played together before with Marseille and mostly with the national team,” said Andre.

“We are here and we hope we can do something great. Being here is good, but the important thing is getting results for this club.

“I did not speak to him about the move, because we speak often so I knew what was going on here and it was an easy decision.

“I had offers from other clubs but I wanted to go to Swansea with the relationship I had with the club and the fans which was really special.

“When I left we had not started the league season so I never really had a chance to say thanks and goodbye, but we had a great relationship and I want to make it even better.

“Jordan and I have enjoyed playing together, we understand each other very well but this is all talk. We have done it before, we have to do it again.

“I think right now he is in a period where he is confident and he can do what he does best. When you have the support of your team-mates, of the fans, the manager, it makes a difference.

“He is a very sentimental boy and he feels all those things. The club have given that to him, so I am not surprised and I have always thought he was an incredible player.”

Andre is set to make his second Swansea debut against Burnley having recovered from the hamstring injury that hindered him over his final weeks at West Ham.

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Swansea have the chance to further boost their hopes of escaping the drop having climbed out of the bottom three thanks to their hard-fought draw at Leicester last weekend.

But Ayew says it is not time for anyone to be getting carried away after wins over Liverpool and Arsenal, knowing Swansea cannot afford to take their eye off the ball.

“I think we can see the squad are fighting and doing really well. We got six points from two games where nobody thought we would get anything,” said Ayew, whose goals helped the Swans escape relegation in 2016.

“It is also difficult at Leicester and we got a point so we need to keep going and not get big headed which can happen if you get some results against the big teams.

“You need to stay focused and work harder and get more results, that is what it is going to take and let’s see where we are going to be. We cannot start looking at the end, you have to go bit by bit.

“We will win some and lose some, but we have to keep fighting hard.”