Andre Ayew suffers injury, set to miss Swansea clash against West Brom

Andre Ayew is set to miss Swansea City's clash against West Brom in the English Championship on Saturday due to injury, boss Steve Cooper admits.

The Ghanaian captain suffered an injury to his foot during Swansea's 2-2 draw with Blackburn Rovers last weekend - a match in which he found the net.

Ayew has not been able to train this week as a result.

And during the pre-match conference ahead of the clash at the Liberty Stadium, Swansea manager Cooper conceded that he didn’t expect Ayew to be available for the battle with Albion in South Wales, and was planning his side in the likely eventuality that they played on in his absence.

“Andre is struggling, he needed some attention at Blackburn and has not been on the grass this week yet,” Cooper said.

“We have not completely ruled him out yet, because you give those players every chance you can to be ready for the game, but we are going to have to plan for being with or without him.

“It will be a blow if he misses out, but it’s a squad game and we have players ready to go and - if we call on them - we will give them the best chance to play well.

“Bersant is struggling with a pelvis problem he has been carrying for a little while, but it’s flared up,” Cooper continued. “There are times it has flared up and he has pulled out of training, and there have been other occasions where he has missed a bit longer like when he missed the Derby game.

“He pulled up in training yesterday and he is still a bit sore today, we are waiting for it to settle down.”

Ayew is Swansea's top scorer this season with 14 goals.