Aston Villa ace Jordan Ayew's fantastic pre-season attract top offers

Three goals in three pre-season matches for Aston Villa has firmly established Jordan Ayew as the English side's top player, making it difficult for the Championship to hold onto their Ghanaian star.

The 24-year-old, who is blistering form, continued where he left off last season by being the club's top player in the shambolic showing culminating in their relegation from the top-flight.

With new owners and big money pouring in from China, the club's new leadership has vowed to hold onto the Ghana star.

This is because the Chinese are willing to pump in the needed amount of money to ensure their quick return to the English Premier League.

However, Ayew's ambition to play in the top-flight to maintain his place among top players in the world would force the Ghanaian to call for a move.

His position in the national team could also be threatened by him playing in second tier club competitions with many Ghanaian strikers now playing at the high level in Europe.

And despite all the money from the Chinese Ayew's desire to stay among top players and cementing his regular player in the Ghana starting line-up at the Africa Cup of Nations in January and 2018 World Cup qualifiers could force him to make a move.

Hamburg, Swansea City and West Ham are among the teams rumoured to be chasing after his signature with huge amounts of money.

His form in the pre-season has also mounted the pressure on Villa and with decent profits coming in the Midlands clubs would find it difficult to keep him.

Ayew is so important and even though Villa want a new striker, the importance of keeping the Ghanaian forward already on the books is growing.

The son of Ghana legend Abedi Pele is a constant nuisance for opponents as he is always a goal threat.