Ayew blasts Lorient for pricing him out of Villa move

Wish him all the best. Jordan Ayew has lashed out at Lorient, accusing the Ligue 1 club of attempting to price him out of a move to Aston Villa.

Villa manager Tim Sherwood is on the hunt for a new striker and has turned his attentions to the Ghana striker, who scored 12 goals in Ligue 1 last season for the Breton side.

Ayew's older brother Andre has already sealed a switch to the Premier League with Swansea City, and the younger son of Ghanaian legend Abedi Pele wants to follow suit.

"It is incomprehensible," Ayew told L'Equipe on Saturday. "They said I could go for €10m or €12m, but now they ask for £10m with £2m added on in bonus payments, which makes it nearly €17m.

"They bought me for €5m and now they are blocking me.

"Today I am in Birmingham; I'm going to Aston Villa. Nothing will make me change my mind."