West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has backed Ghana’s deputy captain Andre Ayew to shine in the English Premier League following his poor start to his career at the London based club.
The 27-year-old has only started four games since his £20.5m club record switch from Swansea last summer.
A thigh injury saw him ruled out for two-and-a-half months of his debut season.
But now Bilic is set to hand him another chance on his return to the Liberty Stadium today as he looks for his first goal in claret and blue.
The Hammers boss said: “He had a big injury, he came back a few weeks ago and now he need to train and he needs games to be the Ayew from last season or two seasons ago.
“He’s getting back. He’s becoming better than he came in his first game and it’s only a matter of time.
“Will he start? Maybe. On paper definitely.” Bilic said.
Andre Ayew scored 12 goals in his debut season with Swansea City to attract the big money tag signing from West Ham and he will be hoping to bounce back when he takes to the field today against his former side.