Jordan Ayew: 'I agreed to join Nice before Lorient move'

Jordan Ayew reveals that he had agreed to join Nice before eventually signing for Lorient this summer.

By Callum Mulvihill, Reporter | 09 August 2014

Jordan Ayew has revealed that an agreement was in place to join Nice before he signed for Lorient late last month.

The 22-year-old attracted interest from a number of clubs in Europe after being made available for transfer by Marseille, but he has confirmed that Nice were closer than most sides to securing his services.

"I'm going to be honest - I'd given my word to Nice," Ayew told BeIN Sports. "But Nice couldn't strike an agreement with Marseille, and I didn't want to wait too long because I didn't want to miss the start of the season."

Ayew is expected to make his debut when Lorient face Monaco on Sunday evening.

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Paris Saint-Germain PSG	34	22	10	2	81	33	48	76
2	Monaco Monaco	34	20	7	7	68	42	26	67
3	Brest	34	17	10	7	53	34	19	61
4	Lille	34	16	11	7	52	34	18	59
5	Nice	34	15	10	9	40	29	11	55
6	Lyon	34	16	5	13	49	55	-6	53
7	Lens	34	14	9	11	45	37	8	51
8	Marseille	34	13	11	10	52	41	11	50
9	Reims	34	13	8	13	42	47	-5	47
10	Rennes	34	12	10	12	53	46	7	46
11	Toulouse	34	11	10	13	42	46	-4	43
12	Montpellier HSC Montpellier	34	10	12	12	43	48	-5	41
13	Strasbourg Strasbourg	34	10	9	15	38	50	-12	39
14	Nantes Nantes	34	9	6	19	30	55	-25	33
15	Le Havre Le Havre	34	7	11	16	34	45	-11	32
16	Metz	34	8	5	21	35	58	-23	29
R	Lorient	34	7	8	19	43	66	-23	29
R	Clermont	34	5	10	19	26	60	-34	25