Crystal Palace have completed the permanent signing of Ghana forward Jordan Ayew from Swansea. Ayew, 27, spent last season on loan at the Eagles and will return to Selhurst Park having agreed a three-year deal with the club. He leaves Sky Bet Championship side Swansea for an undisclosed fee having originally moved to south Wales in 2017. ✍️ Jordan Ayew has joined Palace on a three-year deal. Welcome back, @jordan_ayew9!#CPFC — Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) July 25, 2019 Ayew scored one goal in 20 Premier League games for Palace last season and is looking forward to playing for the club again heading into the new campaign. “I am very happy, I really enjoyed myself last season,” he told cpfc.co.uk. “I enjoyed the stadium, the fans, the boys – they were really good to me – everything here was positive and that’s why I decided to continue with Crystal Palace.” Ayew’s only Premier League goal of last season came in a win over Wolves. (David Davies/PA) Palace boss Roy Hodgson was pleased to land his man and paid tribute to Ayew’s contribution during his loan spell. “We are delighted to secure Jordan’s services for another three seasons at Crystal Palace,” he said. “He has proved himself as a dedicated and hard-working member of the squad, and certainly played his part in the club securing its highest ever Premier League points tally in the last campaign.” Former Forest goalkeeper Stephen Henderson has also signed for Palace this summer. (Mike Egerton/PA) Ayew is Palace’s second new recruit of the summer after the signing of goalkeeper Stephen Henderson from Nottingham Forest. The club has lost full-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka to Manchester United and there are question marks over the future of key man Wilfried Zaha, who continues to be linked with a move to Arsenal and Everton, among others, as the new season looms. Topics Crystal Palace, Jordan Ayew, Premier League, Swansea Crystal Palace 0 Swansea City 2: Abraham and Ayew get visitors up and running Jordan Ayew joins Crystal Palace on loan Aston Villa 1 Swansea City 2: Pressure grows on Sherwood as losing run continues The 10 Premier League players who’ve surprised us most this season Manchester United have a clear message for Inter Milan about Romelu Lukaku – and may have identified his replacement “It’s just not possible” – Jurgen Klopp rules out re-signing Philippe Coutinho at Liverpool Rice hails response after double emergency at Hamilton game Watford defender Ben Wilmot signs season-long loan at Swansea Middlesbrough forward Martin Braithwaite signs four-year deal at Leganes 7 players Frank Lampard must still sell despite Chelsea’s transfer ban Manchester United clinch €75m deal for midfielder as Real Madrid close in on Paul Pogba 28 red hot fantasy football tips Fantasy Premier League bargains: cheap defenders and midfielders for stretched budgets 10 overpriced transfers that absolutely worked out