Newcastle United are reportedly near to signing Swansea City centre-forward Jordan Ayew – and fans have taken to Twitter to deliver mixed verdicts on the pursuit.
Football Ghana claim the north-east giants have made an approach for the striker, 26, and are “closing in” on landing him from the recently relegated Welsh club.
It is said that Newcastle are set to leapfrog newly-promoted Fulham, who have already had an £8million offer rejected for Ayew after falling £5million short of the asking price.
Ayew scored 11 goals from 44 appearances in all competitions, including seven in the Premier League, for Swansea in 2017-18 after joining permanently from Aston Villa in January of last year.
His goal returns at Swansea and Villa are almost identical, with 12 from 58 appearances at the Welsh club and 10 from 58 matches for the Midlands giants.
Newcastle supporters are split between those who think he would be “good business” and would be an upgrade on Dwight Gayle, and those who believe the club must look elsewhere for the proven striker they so badly need this summer.
Nothing But Newcastle has rounded up some of the best tweets:
https://twitter.com/parkamonkey1984/status/1008648944061239296
If we could sell Gayle and bring him in for a few extra mil, that would be good business. We’d still need a first choice striker.
— Dan Snowden 🟨🟥🇸🇩 (@DanSnowden) June 18, 2018
He's horrendous,ayew bros like the chuckle bros
— mark v (@markvickers10) June 18, 2018
https://twitter.com/Peas4NUFC/status/1008648828386496512
https://twitter.com/Charlieboi554/status/1008653557611016192
£13 mil is an ok price. He’s better than what we currently have, I’d be happy if we got him.
— B (@BenGids) June 18, 2018
No ta… bargain basement shopping again.
— James (@james1508) June 18, 2018
https://twitter.com/geordiereed02/status/1008650817979772929
https://twitter.com/My_Giant_Durian/status/1008646647323217920
If Swansea want £13m, NUFC definitely aren’t paying that.
— monsieurmangetout #StopTheTories (@MonsieurSharp) June 18, 2018
