Slaven Bilic explains why Andre Ayew wasn't selected over the weekend

Slaven Bilic has explained that the absence of Andre Ayew in West Hams 2-2 all draw against Bromwich Albion was due to fatigue, after AFCON disappointment.

The Croatian was forced to play Michail Antonio as an auxiliary centre-forward, after Andy Carroll was ruled out through injury.

With Ayew back in England, many fans questioned why he wasn't included in the squad, at least as part of Bilic's substitutes bench.

And the West Ham manager spoke to reporters in the aftermath of the game, explaining why the Ghanaian was not selected, highlighting emotional fatigue as the main reason why he was given some more rest time, as quoted by;

"Andre Ayew came back on Friday. He had a long Africa Cup of Nations – they didn’t play more games than we played here so it’s not physical, but psychologically it means a lot to them and it drained him," he told the club's website.

"They were there until the end – they played for third place – so we gave him a few days off and he came back on Friday.

"That’s why he was not in the squad on Saturday.”