Andre Ayew wants to win the African Cup of Nations with Ghana

Ghana international Andre Ayew has said that he is determined to win the African Cup of Nations with the national side in the summer. The West African nation have not won the silverware since 1982 but they have made progress to the final of the competition in the 2010 and 2015 editions in Angola and Equatorial Guinea respectively.

Speaking to Footy Ghana, Ayew acknowledged that the players and country are keen on winning the African Cup of nations and he is optimistic of doing so at the summer tournament in Egypt, he said: “Everybody wants the trophy; the players want the trophy, the country wants it. I think we are going to do everything we can. But the Afcon is far; [from] now, there is time.

“I thank God I have had the opportunity to be at five Afcons so I know how difficult it is to even qualify from the group stage. [We're going to take the games] one at a time. Now there are even 24 teams so it will be even harder than it was before [when it was 16 teams] so we have to prepare very well and keep the unity.”

“Ghana were regarded as one of the emerging nations in Africa shortly after their stunning performance" at the 2010 World Cup where they nearly progressed to the semi-finals. Since then, however, they have suffered a slump when it comes to competing “in the major tournaments" and the failure to qualify for the previous World Cup was a disappointment.

Nonetheless, they have the opportunity to shed the concerns with a strong showing at the summer African of Cup of Nations where they are regarded as one of the favourites to clinch the title. Ghana recently qualified for the tournament with the top spot following a 1-0 win over Kenya. Caleb Ekuban scored the only goal in the 82nd minute of the game.