David Moyes Feels He Was Right To Sell Andre Ayew Despite Swansea City Defeat

West Ham United manager David Moyes has stressed that it was the right decision to sell Andre Ayew back to Swansea City despite the forward starring for the Welsh outfit last weekend. The Ghana international returned to the Liberty Stadium after an unfruitful 18-month spell at the London Stadium, and he has since found his mojo.

Writing in his column on Evening Standard, Moyes feels it was the right choice to sanction Ayew’s sale in January, as the attacker was not fully focused on the job at hand with the Hammers.He said: “Andre Ayew did well enough for Swansea but don’t forget that he didn’t want to stay. At the time we weren’t that keen to lose anyone to our competitors but he made it 100 per cent clear he did not want to be at West Ham any longer.”

Despite Moyes’ comments, the Ghana international probably had the last laugh as he earned Swansea a penalty during the Hammers’ 4-1 thrashing in south Wales. The defeat sees the east London club just three points adrift of safety, and the upcoming home games against Burnley and Southampton could be critical towards their aim of beating the drop.

The Hammers’ faithful have also shown unrest over the club’s lacklustre showing in the defence, but not much could be done at this stage of the campaign, considering Winston Reid has been ruled out for the rest of the season whilst they took the chance of selling Jose Fonte to Chinese club Dalian Yifang, with the Portuguese wanting to improve his World Cup hopes.

Moyes needs to inspire the Hammers with just nine games left in the Premier League season or else he could face the prospect of leading Sunderland and West Ham United to relegations in successive top-flight campaigns, something which won’t do well for the rest of his managerial career.