Black Stars captain, Andre Ayew believes the Welsh club’s qualification for the Championship promotion play-off signifies an accomplishment.
Swansea booked their place for the four-team showdown with a 2-2 away draw against Reading, to give them 77 points after 44 matches played.
They join Brentford, Bournemouth and Barnsley to compete for the final available ticket for the Premier League. Two earlier passes having been already secured by Norwich City and Watford as the top two finishers of the regular Championship season.
Ayew spoked via Swansea City’s official website after the draw on Sunday and added that he and his team mates would have to very prepared for the task ahead.
“I am very happy we are in the play-offs. That was the objective at the start of the season, and we need to keep going and get ready for the play-offs.
“There is a chance to build momentum and finish higher in the table. We will keep going.
“It’s great to be in the play-offs a few weeks before because we can really get ready for what’s coming. We need to use that to our advantage.”
Super-sub Andre
Swansea City manager, Steve Cooper, spoke of Ayew’s impact on the result as the Ghanaian came off the bench to get the team 2-1 up at a point in the match.
Cooper admitted that he would have rather kept Ayew on the bench to aid his recovery from an injury he picked up against Wycombe Wanderers but the situation in the match demanded Ayew’s intervention and he was happy to have the Ghanaian around as an option.
“On Andre, it would have been great, if we had not needed him but that did not happen. We needed him and we knew he was medically clear to play about 30 minutes.
In the end, it ended up being a good move and I commend the medical team for their good work and Andre for his commitment.”
The 31 year old is currently Swansea’s top scorer of the season with 16th of the season, of the season.
Swansea finish off their Championship season with matches against Derby County (home) on May 1 and Premier League-bound Watford (away) and May 8.
